Institute for Mummy Studies

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Snapshots of the past times that help us to gain unique insights into our present. By studying skeletons and mummies from all over the world and from different historical periods, we gain knowledge on population history, the development of pathogens and the preservation of archaeological finds.

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Ancient DNA LabCredit: Eurac Research | Ivo Corrà

Conservation LabCredit: Eurac Research | Ivo Corrà

Anthropology LabCredit: Noi Techpark/Eurac Research | Daniele Fiorentino

Post-PCR LabCredit: Eurac Research | Ivo Corrà

Conservation Lab - Realization phase of a Conservation Soft Box (CSB)Credit: Paolo Bondielli | All rights reserved

Anthropology Lab - Bone Collagen Extraction LabCredit: Noi Techpark | Daniele Fiorentino | All rights reserved

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Staff members

6 with a PhD degree

Ongoing projects

7 of them with international partners

Assignments (services and consultancies)

5 of them with international agencies

Journal publications

annual Journal publications

Laboratories and facilities

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Research Fields

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Mummy Studies
Scientific research on mummies from around the world and different historical periods provide a better understanding of humankind's history.
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Iceman Studies
Reconstruction of the life and death of the Tyrolean Iceman, commonly known as Ötzi.
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Paleogenetics
Study of the past through the analysis of DNA in ancient human remains.
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Conservation
Development of techniques and conservation protocols for the preservation of ancient organic materials with historical and cultural value.
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Bioarchaeology
Multidisciplinary research on skeletal and mummified human remains that combines archaeology, physical anthropology, paleopathology, paleoradiology and ...
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News & Events

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03 July 2024

Nuestros Ancestros

A visually interactive catalog containing a selection of the mummified remains and skulls of pre-Columbian individuals from the MUNARQ – The National Museum of Archaeology in La Paz’s anthropology ...

27 June 2024

Johan Reinhard visited the Institute for Mummy Studies

On Monday, 17th June 2024 the American anthropologist and archaeologist Johan Reinhard held a lecture at the Institute for Mummy Studies.

14 June 2024

Finalmente visitabile la Marmotta del Lyskamm dal 14 giugno al Castello di Saint-Pierre

La mummia di marmotta del ghiacciaio del Lyskamm, la più antica mummia animale mai rinvenuta in Italia, dal 14 giugno ha una casa all’interno del Museo regionale di Scienze naturali Efisio Noussan nel ...

31 May 2024

Two studies show atherosclerosis has been with humans for much longer than assumed

CT scans and genetic analyses of ancient human remains indicate that atherosclerosis has been present in humans for thousands of years.

02 February 2024

Genetic Predisposition of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Ancient Human Remains

Our researchers have published a new paper in the journal Annals of Global Health to enlighten the genetic burden of our ancestors for the not just modern disease atherosclerosis, with our PhD student ...

19 December 2023

Habilitation Frank Maixner

Frank Maixner gained the “venia docendi in Microbiology”

04 December 2023

The Institute for Mummy Studies in Egypt for anthropological examinations

Our Bioarcheologist Alice Paladin was at Qubbet el-Hawa North, an archaeological site on the west bank of the Nile opposite Aswan in Egypt for doing anthropological examinations.