May
01
/ 2023
In a “first-of-its-kind” fascinating osteoarchaeological study, scientists have found that anemia was common in ancient Egyptian children who had been mummified. Through the use of CT scans, it was revealed that one in every three children (7 out of 21 mummies examined from German, Italian and Swiss museums) suffered from anemia, along with other blood conditions like thalassemia. Chronologically, the oldest of these mummies dates back to the Old Kingdom (2686 to 2160 BC) and the First Intermediate Period (2160 to 2055 BC), though most date to the Ptolemaic (332 to 30 BC) and Roman (30 BC to 395 AD) periods. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"108221","attributes":{"alt":"3D volume rendering CT scan reconstruction of the skull of an ancient Egyptian child, which was part of the
