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“The Chalcolithic Mummy - in search of immortality”
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Ötzi: 100 Seiten
(Reclam, 2016)Heute ist ötzi weltweit bekannt: Das ötzidorf und das Südtiroler Archäologiemuseum in Bozen, die sich ganz dem Eismenschen widmen, zeugen von der Faszination, die die Gletschermumie inzwischen, 25 Jahre nach ihrer Entdeckung, ... -
Karies, Pest und Knochenbrüche: was Skelette über Leben und Sterben in alter Zeit verraten
(Theiss, 2013)Die Pest, das kollektive Grauen des Mittelalters, schilderten schockierte Schriftsteller und Künstler bis ins Detail. Doch das ist ein Sonderfall; von vielen anderen Leiden berichten nur noch Knochen. Von der Arthritis bis ... -
Die Welt der Mumien: von Ötzi bis Lenin
(von Zabern, 2012)Mumien sind nicht nur ein Phänomen des alten ägypten, auch im Hochgebirge und den Wüstenregionen Südamerikas, im eisigen Grönland, in Kirchen und Grüften Europas, in nordeuropäischen Moorgebieten und in Asien wurden ... -
The world of mummies: from Ötzi to Lenin
(Pen & Sword Archaeology, 2014)Mummies are not just a phenomenon of ancient Egypt. Mummified corpses have also been discovered high in the mountains and the deserts of South America, in the ice of Greenland, in European churches and graves, in North ... -
Il maestro del sonno eterno
(La Zisa, 2009)Quali segreti custodisce Rosalia Lombardo, la 'Bella Addormentata' delle Catacombe di Palermo, ritenuta a ragione la più bella mummia del mondo? Quali alchimie hanno permesso la perfetta conservazione di una bambina di due ... -
Der Mann aus dem Eis: das Buch zum Film von Felix Randau
(Reclam, Philipp, jun. GmbH, Verlag, 2017)Felix Randau hat die Geschichte um Ötzis Ermordung verfilmt, wie sie sich tatsächlich zugetragen haben könnte, vor einer traumhaften bis unheimlichen Alpenkulisse. Entstanden ist ein spannender, actionreicher Spielfilm mit ... -
Iceman photoscan
(Pfeil, 2009)The 'Iceman Photoscan' project represents a significant scientific contribution to the study and dissemination of knowledge on the oldest wet and natural mummy in the world. This book describes in detail the single steps, ... -
Ötzi, Tutankhamon, Evita Perón: [cosa ci rivelano le mummie]
(il Mulino, 2016)Mummie del ghiaccio, delle cripte e delle catacombe, arrivate fino a noi dalle Ande alla Cina. I diversi processi di mummificazione, a cui sono stati sottoposti - per citare tre casi famosi - ötzi, Tutankhamon, Evita Perón, ... -
Evaluating mtDNA patterns of genetic isolation using a re-sampling procedure: A case study on Italian populations
(2017)BACKGROUND: A number of studies which have investigated isolation patterns in human populations rely on the analysis of intra- and inter-population genetic statistics of mtDNA polymorphisms. However, this approach makes ... -
Genetic structure of the early Hungarian conquerors inferred from mtDNA haplotypes and Y-chromosome haplogroups in a small cemetery
(2017)We applied ancient DNA methods to shed light on the origin of ancient Hungarians and their relation to modern populations. Hungarians moved into the Carpathian Basin from the Eurasian Pontic steppes in the year 895 AD as ... -
miRNAs in ancient tissue specimens of the Tyrolean Iceman
(2017)The analysis of nucleic acids in ancient samples is largely limited to DNA. Small noncoding RNAs (microRNAs) are known to be evolutionary conserved and stable. To gain knowledge on miRNAs measured from ancient samples, we ... -
Deletion of the celA gene in Aspergillus nidulans triggers overexpression of secondary metabolite biosynthetic genes
(2017)Although much progress has been made in the study of cell wall biosynthetic genes in the model filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans, there are still targets awaiting characterization. An example is the gene celA (ANIA_08444) ... -
Development of passive controlled atmosphere display cases for the conservation of cultural assets
(2018)This work expands the study of the conservation of organic specimens of historical and artistic interest,assessing both biological and physical-chemical conservation requirements, in order to arrive at thetangible solution, ... -
Evidence of probable subadult scurvy in the Early Medieval cemetery of Castel Tirolo, South Tyrol, Italy
(2018)The study of subadult scurvy (vitamin C deficiency), also known as Möller‐Barlow's disease, is of growing interest in palaeopathology. However, in Italy, there is still a paucity of knowledge on nutritional stress diseases ... -
Absence of evidence or evidence of absence? A discussion on paleoepidemiology of neoplasms with contributions from two Portuguese human skeletal reference collections (19th-20th century)
(2018)Biological, sociocultural, demographic and environmental factors are major contributors to the contemporary burden of oncological diseases. Although cancer's current epidemiological landscape is fairly well known, its past ... -
The Iceman's Last Meal Consisted of Fat, Wild Meat, and Cereals
(2018)The history of humankind is marked by the constant adoption of new dietary habits affecting human physiology, metabolism, and even the development of nutrition-related disorders. Despite clear archaeological evidence for ... -
Possible evidence for care and treatment in the Tyrolean Iceman
(2018)The Tyrolean Iceman is the world oldest glacier mummy. He was found in September 1991 in the Italian part of the Ötztal Alps. Since his discovery a variety of morphological, radiological and molecular analyses have ...
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