Open AccessPathophysiology of Mummification
Author(s) -
Ezio Fulcheri
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of biological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.218
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2284-0230
pISSN - 1826-8838
DOI - 10.4081/jbr.2005.10083
Subject(s) - paleopathology , cultural heritage , value (mathematics) , geography , history , environmental ethics , archaeology , computer science , philosophy , machine learning
Italian mummies are a biological, historical, and cultural heritage of significant value.
However, only in the past few years has this heritage been properly appreciated, quite recently if compared to the history of Paleopathology. Its importance in quantitative terms and the abundance of biological, anthropological, and medical information offered to researchers are more and more appreciated. [...]