Baboons in captivity in Ancient Egypt: insights from collection of mummies from the site of Gabbanat el-Qurud, the so-called Valley of the Monkeys
An interdisciplinary project led by primatologist Gisela Kopp is using genetic analysis to determine the geographic origin of mummified baboons found in ancient Egypt
Reanalysis of Iceman Ötzi’s genome reveals dark skin, male pattern baldness, and a high amount of Anatolian ancestry
‘Golden boy’ mummy was protected by 49 precious amulets, CT scans reveal; the study has been published in Frontiers in Medicine
Mummified crocodiles provide insights into mummy-making over time; the study has been published in PLoS ONE
‘Virtual autopsy’ identifies a 17th century mummified toddler, who – though born to a powerful family – was malnourished, hidden from the sun and sick with pneumonia
Scientific ‘detective work’ reveals South American mummies were murdered; the study was published on Frontiers in Medicine
Scientists digitally ‘unwrap’ mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I for the first time in 3,000 years; a new study in Frontiers in Medicine
