Browsing Publications of the Institute for Mummy Studies by Title
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“The Chalcolithic Mummy - in search of immortality”
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Checklist and Scoring System for the Assessment of Soft Tissue Preservation in CT Examinations of Human Mummies: Application to the Tyrolean Iceman
(2017)Purpose Soft tissues make a skeleton into a mummy and they allow for a diagnosis beyond osteology. Following the approach of structured reporting in clinical radiology, a recently developed checklist was used to evaluate ... -
The comparative study of two extraction methods for ancient DNA: silica suspension method and ultracentrifugal concentrator method
(2018)This study compared two methods for preparing ancient DNA (aDNA) for the construction of successful shotgun libraries that may be applied to massive parallel sequencing. For the comparative analysis, the DNA of prehistoric ... -
Complete mapping of the tattoos of the 5300-year-old Tyrolean Iceman
(2015)This study documents for the first time the complete mapping of one of the world's most ancient tattoos present on a mummified human body dating back to over 5300 years ago, belonging to the so-called Iceman mummy. For ... -
CT checklist and scoring system for the assessment of soft tissue preservation in human mummies: application to catacomb mummies from Palermo, Sicily
(2018)In this study we applied the recently developed "Checklist and Scoring System for the Assessment of Soft Tissue Preservation in Human Mummies" to catacomb mummies from Palermo, Sicily. Data from twenty-three full-body ... -
The current situation of the Tyrolean Iceman
(2019)The Tyrolean Iceman, commonly known as Ötzi, is the world's oldest glacier mummy and one of the best investigated ancient human remains in the world. Since the discovery of the 5,300-year-old Copper Age individual in 1991, ... -
Datazione al radiocarbonio della mummia predinastica presso il Museo di Antropologia di Torino
(Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, 2012) -
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) ... -
Demographic histories, isolation and social factors as determinants of the genetic structure of alpine linguistic groups
(2013)Great European mountain ranges have acted as barriers to gene flow for resident populations since prehistory and have offered a place for the settlement of small, and sometimes culturally diverse, communities. Therefore, ... -
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 ... -
Detecting Genetic Isolation in Human Populations: A Study of European Language Minorities
(2013)The identification of isolation signatures is fundamental to better understand the genetic structure of human populations and to test the relations between cultural factors and genetic variation. However, with current ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Evidence of aortic dissection and Marfan syndrome in a mummy from the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily
(2018)The authors report on the assessment of an anthropogenic mummy of a young man from the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily, tentatively dated from the mid- to late 19th century AD. The mummy was investigated by full-body ... -
Evidence of high genetic variation among linguistically diverse populations on a micro-geographic scale: A case study of the Italian Alps
(2012)Although essential for the fine-scale reconstruction of genetic structure, only a few micro-geographic studies have been carried out in European populations. This study analyzes mitochondrial variation (651 bp of the ... -
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 ... -
The Eyes of Oetzi: The Tyrolean Iceman Mummy
(2019)The Tyrolean Iceman “Oetzi” is Europe’s oldest known human mummy. His body is well-preserved due to natural mummification in the glacier ice and allows a unique view on human beings during the Chalcolithic period (3400-3100 ... -
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 ...
