The “Mummy of Erba”: A study proposal for the analysis of a mummified Egyptian specimen

Roberta Fusco; Omar Larentis; Barbara Cermesoni; Annamaria Ravagnan; Chiara Tesi

The “Mummy of Erba”: A study proposal for the analysis of a mummified Egyptian specimen

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Roberta Fusco Centre of Research in Osteoarchaeology and Paleopathology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
Omar Larentis Centre of Research in Osteoarchaeology and Paleopathology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
Barbara Cermesoni Civic Museum of Erba (Como), Italy; Civic Museums of Varese, Italy
Annamaria Ravagnan International Council of Museums’ Committee for Egyptology (ICOM – CIPEG)
Chiara Tesi Università di Pisa

Abstract

The so-called “Mummy of Erba” is an Egyptian specimen housed in the Civic Museum of Erba, consisting of three embalmed parts, a head, a left hand and a foot. As intact contexts, mummies allow to conduct comprehensive studies on all the preserved tissues, offering the possibility to analyze them through the non-invasive Radiodiagnostic methods, without proceeding to the unwrapping. The study we present is a proposal to analyze the mummy with a multidisciplinary approach, in order to acquire anthropological, paleopathological, archaeometric and archaeological data on this preserved specimen. Finally, this contribution is aimed at exposing all the provided methodologies with a view to conducting a complete analysis of the sample.

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17-12-2018

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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2018)

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Letter to Editor Paleopathology

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Fusco R, Larentis O, Cermesoni B, Ravagnan A, Tesi C. The “Mummy of Erba”: A study proposal for the analysis of a mummified Egyptian specimen. Med Histor [Internet]. 2018 Dec. 17 [cited 2025 Mar. 15];2(3):163-5. Available from: https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/MedHistor/article/view/7938

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