Abstract
"Bernard of Chartres used to say that we are like dwarves perched on the shoulders of giants, and thus we are able to see more and farther than the latter. And this is not at all because of the acuteness of our sight or the stature of our body, but because we are carried aloft and elevated by the magnitude of the giants"
The medieval English author and educator, John of Salisbury, used this passage attributing an original perception of intellectual progress was a continue acquisition by modern thinkers, who advanced their thinking based on previous achievements. Similarly, modern mummy science is particularly indebted to American pathologist Arthur Aufderheide, a giant in the field of medicine, whose contribution to the discipline left an indelibele mark on all of us (Nystrom, 2014). This short article summarises an experience that the authors shared with the late Professor Aufderheide, which allowed them to gain important information about the Sicilian mummies.