Signs of several diseases found in mummies of children from Ancient Egypt: details

Children in ancient Egypt often suffered from anemia. Scientists have come to this conclusion after studying several mummified children's remains.

According to Phys.org , citing an article in a scientific journal, doctors and paleontologists examined 21 children's mummies using computed tomography technology. Experts analyzed the skeleton without removing the bodies from the wrappings. As a result, seven children were found to have pathological enlargements of the skull vault, characteristic of anemia.

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At the same time, it is noted that the CT scan cannot be used to draw an unequivocal conclusion as to whether anemia led to the death of the children, but this information suggests that the disease was one of the factors that led to the death.

The experts also found that one of the children had thalassemia. With this diagnosis, there is a lack of hemoglobin in the body. The child lived less than a year and probably suffered from the symptoms of this disease.

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