CT Scan of Thirteen Natural Mummies Dating Back to the XVI-XVIII Centuries: An Emerging Tool to Investigate Living Conditions and Diseases in History.

To correlate the radiologic findings detected with computed tomography scan with anthropological data in 13 naturally mummified bodies discovered during works of recovery of an ancient church in a crypt in Roccapelago, in the Italian Apennines.From a group of about sixty not-intentionally mummified...

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Main Authors: Enrico Petrella, Sara Piciucchi, Francesco Feletti, Domenico Barone, Antonella Piraccini, Caterina Minghetti, Giorgio Gruppioni, Venerino Poletti, Mauro Bertocco, Mirko Traversari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4927149?pdf=render