Abstract
In 2017, as part of the Torino Mummy Project, the collection of human remains at the Egyptian Museum in Turin (Italy) was subjected to CT-scanning within a collaborative interdisciplinary project involving Eurac Research, the Egyptian Museum and the Horus group. However, logistical constraints and the fragile condition of the remains prevented a full-body scan of mummified individual (Suppl.14396) from the Old Kingdom (3872±24 BP; 2461-2214 cal. BCE, 95%). However, the wellpreserved and mostly skeletonized cranium of this individual was CT-scanned, due to macroscopically evident trauma that required detailed documentation for further paleopathological investigation. This study focuses on the paleopathological analysis using a Virtual Anthropological approach (computed tomography unit, Toshiba Aquilion PRIME). The mature, approximately 50-60 years old female individual exhibits diagnostic evidence of blunt force trauma on the right parietal bone. The trauma is healed, suggesting survival after an ante mortem possibly traumatic event on the right parietal bone. This research contributes to reconstructing the osteobiography of this individual, which is part of the permanent collection of the Egyptian Museum, and sheds light on interpersonal violence, medical practices, and survival rates in the pre-antibiotic era.