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ME Torino Mummy Project

ME Torino Mummy Study and Conservation Project

    ME Torino Mummy Project
    • Project duration: -
    • 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
    1 - 5

    • 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
    1 - 5
    Marco Samadelli

    Marco Samadelli

    Project Manager
    Alice Paladin

    Alice Paladin

    Vice Manager
    Frank Maixner

    Frank Maixner

    Team Member
    Albert Zink

    Albert Zink

    Team Member
    Christina Wurst

    Christina Wurst

    Team Member

    Projects

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    Project

    PFM

    Preservation of frozen mummies. Validation of a protocol concerning the process of reconditioning ...

    Duration: - Funding: Provincial P.-L.P. 14. Research ...
    Project

    BOLD

    Paleogenetic analysis of sixty Bolivian mummies provide precious insights into the genetic history ...

    Duration: - Funding: Provincial P.-L.P. 14. Mobility ...
    Project

    CeltUDAlps

    "Celts" up & down the Alps: Origin and Mobility patterns on both sides of the Alps during the Late ...

    Duration: - Funding: Provincial P.-L.P. 14. Research ...
    Project

    MUMBO

    Bioarcheological studies of mummified pre-Columbian remains from Bolivia. Understanding and ...

    Duration: - Funding: Provincial P.-L.P. 14. Seal of ...
    Project

    PrehistoricAlps

    Genomic diversity of prehistoric individuals from the Iceman’s territory in the Eastern Italian Alps

    Duration: - Funding: Provincial P.-L.P. 14. Research ...
    Project

    MUMMY ATHEROSCLEROSIS

    Assessment of missing links in atherogenesis via paleogenetic, computed tomography and stable ...

    Duration: - Funding: Internal funding EURAC (Project)
    Project

    PopGen Ancient Egypt

    Life and death in ancient Egypt – Paleogenetic examinations for the reconstruction of living ...

    Duration: - Funding: Internal funding EURAC (Project)
    Project

    MummyLabs

    Development and centralization of the laboratory infrastructures of the Institute for Mummy Studies ...

    Duration: - Funding: FESR (EU funding / Project)
    Project

    Iceman Conservation Project 2.0

    Iceman Conservation Project 2.0 Study on the state of conservation and feasibility

    Duration: - Funding: Public institutions (Other projects ...
    Project

    ANCIENT PATHOGENS

    Molecular analysis of the microbiome and of infectious diseases in ancient human remains - from ...

    Duration: - Funding: Internal funding EURAC (Project)

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