The human brain in ancient Egypt: a medical and historical re-evaluation of its function and importance.
This volume provides a medical and historical re-evaluation of the function and importance of the human brain in ancient Egypt. The study evaluates whether treatment of the brain during anthropogenic mummification was linked to medical concepts of the brain.
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| 505 | 8 | |a Figure 3.1. Redpath Mummy RM2720, is a female, aged 18-24. An axial view of her thorax shows desiccated lungs, but the heart has been extracted. -- Figure 3.2. Mummification bed discovered in tomb KV63, now housed in the Mummification Museum, Luxor. The stage of mummification in which this bed was used is unknown, but its design would have enabled bandaging of the mummy (Image © Aziz, 2022). -- Figure 3.3. Canopic jars with sons of Horus heads: Hapi with a baboon head and Duamutef with a jackal head, Mummification Museum, Luxor (Image © Aziz, 2022). | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Figure 3.4. Canopic jars with heads of sons of Horus: Qebehsenuef with a falcon head and Imseti with a human head, Mummification Museum, Luxor (Image © Aziz, 2022). -- Figure 3.5. A wall scene in the New Kingdom Period tomb of Queen Nefertari, (QV66). Top centre, facing right, the falcon headed God Horus sits with his four sons: Duamutef, Qebesenuef, Hapi and Imseti (Image © Aziz, 2023). -- Figure 3.6. IMP00101 Mummy of a man, age 44-55, Third Intermediate Period. Axial view showing loose viscera and resin, but the heart is absent. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Figure 3.7. Red Path Mummy (RM2718), male, age 20-25, Ptolemaic Period. Arrow pointing to mediastinum and heart. -- Figure 3.8. Headrest amulet less than 1 inch in length dating to the Late Period (Image © Met Museum, Public Domain). In this study Peftjauneith (Mummy IMP00109), dating to the Late Period was found to have a headrest amulet placed behind the neck (See Fi | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Figure 3.9. IMP00109 Peftjauneith, male, aged 22-44. Arrow pointing to headrest amulet. Peftjauneith has been excerebrated through a transnasal route by breaking through the ethmoid bone. Some remnants of brain tissue are visible in the resin that has bee -- Figure 3.10. Head/brain djed pillar amulet on frontal bone and winged scarab on the parietal region of a mummified female, aged 20-35, dating to circa 20 BCE to AD 10. Directly beneath the winged scarab, CT scans revealed, a thin sheet of metal with engra | |
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| spelling | AZIZ, SOFIA. The human brain in ancient Egypt [electronic resource] : a medical and historical re-evaluation of its function and importance. [S.l.] : ARCHAEOPRESS ARCHAEOLOGY, 2023. 1 online resource Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Figure 1.1. Pawiamen (IMP00105) is a male aged 22-44 dating to the Late Period. He has been mummified with resin applied to the back of the head, but the skull is intact with no attempt at excerebration. His desiccated brain, and meninges are visible post -- Figure. 2.1. Naturally preserved brain (Smith, 1902) -- Figure 2.2. Results of Study by Loynes, 2015: Total 53, TNC 39, TFC 4, Transbasal 1, TNC with Orbital 1, Orbital 1, Intact Brain 6. Figure 3.1. Redpath Mummy RM2720, is a female, aged 18-24. An axial view of her thorax shows desiccated lungs, but the heart has been extracted. -- Figure 3.2. Mummification bed discovered in tomb KV63, now housed in the Mummification Museum, Luxor. The stage of mummification in which this bed was used is unknown, but its design would have enabled bandaging of the mummy (Image © Aziz, 2022). -- Figure 3.3. Canopic jars with sons of Horus heads: Hapi with a baboon head and Duamutef with a jackal head, Mummification Museum, Luxor (Image © Aziz, 2022). Figure 3.4. Canopic jars with heads of sons of Horus: Qebehsenuef with a falcon head and Imseti with a human head, Mummification Museum, Luxor (Image © Aziz, 2022). -- Figure 3.5. A wall scene in the New Kingdom Period tomb of Queen Nefertari, (QV66). Top centre, facing right, the falcon headed God Horus sits with his four sons: Duamutef, Qebesenuef, Hapi and Imseti (Image © Aziz, 2023). -- Figure 3.6. IMP00101 Mummy of a man, age 44-55, Third Intermediate Period. Axial view showing loose viscera and resin, but the heart is absent. Figure 3.7. Red Path Mummy (RM2718), male, age 20-25, Ptolemaic Period. Arrow pointing to mediastinum and heart. -- Figure 3.8. Headrest amulet less than 1 inch in length dating to the Late Period (Image © Met Museum, Public Domain). In this study Peftjauneith (Mummy IMP00109), dating to the Late Period was found to have a headrest amulet placed behind the neck (See Fi Figure 3.9. IMP00109 Peftjauneith, male, aged 22-44. Arrow pointing to headrest amulet. Peftjauneith has been excerebrated through a transnasal route by breaking through the ethmoid bone. Some remnants of brain tissue are visible in the resin that has bee -- Figure 3.10. Head/brain djed pillar amulet on frontal bone and winged scarab on the parietal region of a mummified female, aged 20-35, dating to circa 20 BCE to AD 10. Directly beneath the winged scarab, CT scans revealed, a thin sheet of metal with engra This volume provides a medical and historical re-evaluation of the function and importance of the human brain in ancient Egypt. The study evaluates whether treatment of the brain during anthropogenic mummification was linked to medical concepts of the brain. Medicine, Egyptian. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083137 Brain. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016319 Funeral rites and ceremonies Egypt. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85052381 Excavations (Archaeology) Egypt. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85046129 Brain https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001921 Médecine égyptienne. Cerveau. brains. aat Brain fast Excavations (Archaeology) fast Funeral rites and ceremonies fast Medicine, Egyptian fast Egypt fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRDwpX7XgppvP7ww3J9c Print version: 1803274778 9781803274775 (OCoLC)1376764717 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3619135 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | AZIZ, SOFIA The human brain in ancient Egypt a medical and historical re-evaluation of its function and importance. Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Figure 1.1. Pawiamen (IMP00105) is a male aged 22-44 dating to the Late Period. He has been mummified with resin applied to the back of the head, but the skull is intact with no attempt at excerebration. His desiccated brain, and meninges are visible post -- Figure. 2.1. Naturally preserved brain (Smith, 1902) -- Figure 2.2. Results of Study by Loynes, 2015: Total 53, TNC 39, TFC 4, Transbasal 1, TNC with Orbital 1, Orbital 1, Intact Brain 6. Figure 3.1. Redpath Mummy RM2720, is a female, aged 18-24. An axial view of her thorax shows desiccated lungs, but the heart has been extracted. -- Figure 3.2. Mummification bed discovered in tomb KV63, now housed in the Mummification Museum, Luxor. The stage of mummification in which this bed was used is unknown, but its design would have enabled bandaging of the mummy (Image © Aziz, 2022). -- Figure 3.3. Canopic jars with sons of Horus heads: Hapi with a baboon head and Duamutef with a jackal head, Mummification Museum, Luxor (Image © Aziz, 2022). Figure 3.4. Canopic jars with heads of sons of Horus: Qebehsenuef with a falcon head and Imseti with a human head, Mummification Museum, Luxor (Image © Aziz, 2022). -- Figure 3.5. A wall scene in the New Kingdom Period tomb of Queen Nefertari, (QV66). Top centre, facing right, the falcon headed God Horus sits with his four sons: Duamutef, Qebesenuef, Hapi and Imseti (Image © Aziz, 2023). -- Figure 3.6. IMP00101 Mummy of a man, age 44-55, Third Intermediate Period. Axial view showing loose viscera and resin, but the heart is absent. Figure 3.7. Red Path Mummy (RM2718), male, age 20-25, Ptolemaic Period. Arrow pointing to mediastinum and heart. -- Figure 3.8. Headrest amulet less than 1 inch in length dating to the Late Period (Image © Met Museum, Public Domain). In this study Peftjauneith (Mummy IMP00109), dating to the Late Period was found to have a headrest amulet placed behind the neck (See Fi Figure 3.9. IMP00109 Peftjauneith, male, aged 22-44. Arrow pointing to headrest amulet. Peftjauneith has been excerebrated through a transnasal route by breaking through the ethmoid bone. Some remnants of brain tissue are visible in the resin that has bee -- Figure 3.10. Head/brain djed pillar amulet on frontal bone and winged scarab on the parietal region of a mummified female, aged 20-35, dating to circa 20 BCE to AD 10. Directly beneath the winged scarab, CT scans revealed, a thin sheet of metal with engra Medicine, Egyptian. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083137 Brain. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016319 Funeral rites and ceremonies Egypt. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85052381 Excavations (Archaeology) Egypt. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85046129 Brain https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001921 Médecine égyptienne. Cerveau. brains. aat Brain fast Excavations (Archaeology) fast Funeral rites and ceremonies fast Medicine, Egyptian fast |
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| title | The human brain in ancient Egypt a medical and historical re-evaluation of its function and importance. |
| title_auth | The human brain in ancient Egypt a medical and historical re-evaluation of its function and importance. |
| title_exact_search | The human brain in ancient Egypt a medical and historical re-evaluation of its function and importance. |
| title_full | The human brain in ancient Egypt [electronic resource] : a medical and historical re-evaluation of its function and importance. |
| title_fullStr | The human brain in ancient Egypt [electronic resource] : a medical and historical re-evaluation of its function and importance. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The human brain in ancient Egypt [electronic resource] : a medical and historical re-evaluation of its function and importance. |
| title_short | The human brain in ancient Egypt |
| title_sort | human brain in ancient egypt a medical and historical re evaluation of its function and importance |
| title_sub | a medical and historical re-evaluation of its function and importance. |
| topic | Medicine, Egyptian. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083137 Brain. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016319 Funeral rites and ceremonies Egypt. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85052381 Excavations (Archaeology) Egypt. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85046129 Brain https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001921 Médecine égyptienne. Cerveau. brains. aat Brain fast Excavations (Archaeology) fast Funeral rites and ceremonies fast Medicine, Egyptian fast |
| topic_facet | Medicine, Egyptian. Brain. Funeral rites and ceremonies Egypt. Excavations (Archaeology) Egypt. Brain Médecine égyptienne. Cerveau. brains. Excavations (Archaeology) Funeral rites and ceremonies Medicine, Egyptian Egypt |
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