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ME Torino Mummy Project

ME Torino Mummy Study and Conservation Project

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Project duration: January 2017 - December 2023
Project status: finished
Funding:
Internal funding EURAC (Project)
Institute: Institute for Mummy Studies

In this research project the whole collection of Egyptian mummies (>100) housed in the Museum of Egyptolgy in Torino, Italy will undergo a detailed scientific examination. In a first step, the mummies will be radiologically investigated by using a mobile CT scanner. The CT data will be used for an anthropological analysis in order to determine the age, sex and state of preservation of each mummy. In collaboration with our cooperation partner, the HORUS group, the mummies will be analyzed for the presence of arterial calcifications (atherosclerosis). In a further step, small biopsy samples will be taken from all mummies where an access to soft or bone tissue is present. The samples will be subjected to activity water analysis, radiocarbon dating and genetic analysis in the framework of the project "Mummy Atherosclerosis" for the evaluation of genetic risk factors related ot cardiovascular diseases in the mummies.

Publications

Preservation of the heart in ancient Egyptian mummies: A computed tomography investigation with focus on the myocardium
Panzer S, Paladin A, Zesch S, Rosendahl W, Augat P, Thompson RC, Miyamoto MI, Sutherland ML, Allam AH, Wann LS, Sutherland JD, Rowan CJ, Michalik DE, Hergan K, Zink A (2024)
Journal article
Clinical Anatomy

https://doi.org/10.1002/ca.24151

Atherosclerosis in ancient mummified humans: the global HORUS study
Thompson RC, Sutherland ML, Allam AH, Paladin A, Zink AR, Wann LS, Sutherland JD, Frohlich B, Hunt D, Miyamoto MI, Rowan CJ, Michalik DE, Finch CE, Lombardi GP, Soliman M, Monge JM, Vallodolid CM, Cox SL, Abdel-Maksoud G, Badr I, Nur el-Din A, King SI, Seyfried F, Panzer S, Zesch S, Wurst C, Samadelli M, Gregori G, Rossani M, Valverde G, Maixner F, Facchetti F, Warnasch S, Watson L, Narula J, Nelson AJ, Thomas GS (2024)
Journal article
European Heart Journal

https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae283

Genetic study of Predynastic to early Islamic ancient Egyptian human remains
Mussauer A, Wurst C, Paladin A, Coia V, Maixner F, Zink A (2024)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: Mummies and the Ancient Egyptians | Budapest | 29.1.2024 - 2.2.2024

The 3,300-year-old Yersinia pestis genome of an ancient Egyptian mummified individual.
Maixner F, Gaul E, Mussauer A, Paladin A, Wurst C, Sarhan M, Samadelli M, Del Vesco P, Facchetti F, Posth C, Spyrou M, Zink A (2024)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: European Meeting of the Paleopathology Association PPA | Leiden | 21.8.2024 - 24.8.2024

Virtual paleopathological assessment of cranial trauma in an Old Kingdom mummified individual from Asyut.
Manzollino R, Del Vesco P, Samadelli M, Zink A, Sutherland LM, Paladin A (2024)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: 24th European Meeting of the Paleopathology Association | Leiden, The Netherlands | 21.8.2024 - 24.8.2024

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in mummies: a polygenic risk score based on a genetic enrichment approach
Wurst C, Maixner F, Paladin A, Mussauer A, Valverde G, Thompson R, Zink A (2023)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: New Horizons in Biomolecular Archaeology (ISBA10) | Tartu | 13.9.2023 - 16.9.2023

Genetic study of ancient Egyptian human remains dating from the Predynastic Period to the early Islamic Period (ca. 4000 cal. BCE - 800 cal. CE)
Mussauer A, Wurst C, Paladin A, Coia V, Maixner F, Zink A (2023)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: New Horizons in Biomolecular Archaeology (ISBA10) | Tartu | 13.9.2023 - 16.9.2023

Anemias in ancient Egyptian child mummies: Computed tomography investigations in European museums
Panzer S, Schneider KO, Zesch S, Rosendahl W, Thompson RC, Zink A (2023)
Journal article
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3227

Postmortem changes in ancient Egyptian child mummies: Possible pitfalls on CT images
Panzer S, Zesch S, Rosendahl W, Thompson RC, Zink A (2023)
Journal article
International Journal of Paleopathology

More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S18799 ...

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2023.07.005

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in mummies: A polygenic risk score based on a genetic enrichment approach
Wurst C, Maixner F, Valverde G, Tessmann B, Krause-Kyora B, Krause J, Del Vesco P, Helmbold-Doyé J, Hotz G, Thompson R, Zink A (2022)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: 10th World Congress on Mummy Studies | Bolzano | 5.9.2022 - 9.9.2022

Four thousand years of maternal ancestry in ancient Egypt illuminated by mitochondrial genome sequencing
Mussauer A, Wurst C, Paladin A, Coia V, Maixner F, Helmbold-Doyé J, Del Vesco P, Rosendahl W, Zink A (2022)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: 10th World Congress on Mummy Studies | Bolzano | 5.9.2022 - 9.9.2022

The other face of musealization: 3D computerized reconstruction of the facial features of an Egyptian mummy
Manzollino R, Rodella L, Del Vesco P, Zink A, Conti V, Paladin A (2022)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: 10th World Congress on Mummy Studies | Bolzano | 5.9.2022 - 9.9.2022

You and Me: incontro con i soci della Fondazione del ME di Torino
Paladin A, Facchetti F, Töpfer S (2022)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: you and me | ONLINE | 14.1.2022 - 14.1.2022

Mummy of vizir Imhotep: interdisciplinary study and restoration work
Facchetti F, Paladin A, Aicardi S, Manzollino R, Sutherland ML, Wurst C, Mussauer A, Samadelli M, Zink A, Greco C (2022)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: 10th World Congress on Mummy Studies | Bolzano | 5.9.2022 - 9.9.2022

Face to face with human remains: the case study of an Egyptian mummy’s facial reconstruction
Conti V, Rodella L, Del Vesco P, Zink A, Manzollino R, Paladin A (2022)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: Le scienze e i beni culturali| innovazione e multidisciplinarietà | Milano : 19.9.2022 - 20.9.2022

Recovery lines in ancient Egyptian child mummies: CT-investigations in European museums
Panzer S, Schneider KO, Zesch S, Rosendahl W, Helmbold-Doyé J, Thompson R, Zink A (2022)
Journal article
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3095

Radiological evidence of purulent infections in ancient Egyptian child mummies
Panzer S, Treitl M, Zesch S, Rosendahl W, Helmbold-Doyé J, Thompson RC, Zink A (2022)
Elsevier BV
Journal article
International Journal of Paleopathology

More information: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2021.12.002

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2021.12.002

Correlation of atherosclerosis and osteoarthritis in ancient Egypt: A standardized evaluation of 45 whole-body CT examinations
Panzer S, Augat P, Sprenger M, Zesch S, Rosendahl W, Sutherland ML, Thompson RC, Paladin A, Zink A (2021)
Journal article
International Journal of Paleopathology

More information: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2021.04.004

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2021.04.004

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/17151

Assessment of embalming techniques in Egyptian mummies using computed tomography
Zink A, Paladin A (2021)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: The art of embalming| practice, evolution and materiality Egyptological colloquium British Museum | London : 31.8.2021 - 3.9.2021

The mummy of Hathor-ta-scherit-net-Osiris: Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung (Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection)
Zink A, Paladin A, Panzer S (2020)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: Annual Egyptological lectures and colloquia | London | 6.2.2020 - 8.2.2020

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/15007

A First Assessment of the Conservation of the Mummified Human Remains in the Museo Egizio in Turin in the Framework of the “Mummy Conservation Project”
Samadelli M, Gregori G, Maixner F, Rossani M, Del Vesco P, Borla M, Paladin A, Wurst C, Sterflinger-Gleixner K, Voitl C, Cibin M, Thomas GS, Frohlich B, Thompson RC, Zink AR (2019)
Journal article
Rivista del Museo Egizio

More information: https://doi.org/10.29353/rime.2019.2765

https://doi.org/10.29353/rime.2019.2765

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/11799

Anthropological and Paleopathological study: preliminary results
Paladin A, Zink A, Frohlich B, Sutherland ML, Sutherland J, Zesch S (2019)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: 2nd Horus EURAC Torino Museum conjoint symposium | Bolzano | 14.10.2019 - 14.10.2019

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/14858

The Eurac project
Zink A, Paladin A, Wurst C, Samadelli M, Mussauer A, Maixner F (2019)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: Human Remains. Ethics, Conservation, Display | Torino | 30.9.2019 - 1.10.2019

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/14951

Preliminary Biopsy findings, Turin mummies
Frohlich B, Wurst C, Paladin A, Zink A (2017)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: Horus-Eurac conjoint symposium on the fundamental etiologies of atherosclerosis | Torino | 1.4.2017 - 1.4.2017

Preliminary aDNA analysis of Egyptian mummies of the Ägyptisches Museum in Berlin
Wurst C (2017)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: Horus-Eurac conjoint symposium on the fundamental etiologies of atherosclerosis | Torino | 1.4.2017 - 1.4.2017

Our partners

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Smithsonian , National Museum of Natural History
Egyptian Museum Torino
Superintendence of Cultural Heritage Torino
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach, and University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, ...
Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, and University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, ...

Project Team

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