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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.

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24.05.2024

Der Brauer macht die Würze, die Hefe macht das Bier.

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.