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- The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease
- Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
- The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease
- 2 Exploring the Sources of Indirect Evidence for Cardiovascular Disease in Bioarchaeology
- Part I Evidence from Mummified Tissues
- 3 Atherosclerosis, Mummies and Histological Analysis
- 4 Computed Tomography Evidence of Atherosclerosis in Ancient Mummies
- 5 The Genetic Background of Atherosclerosis in Ancient Mummies
- 6 Cardiovascular Disease in Nile Valley Mummies
- 7 Atherosclerosis among the Elites
- Part II Cardiovascular Diseases Associated with Human Skeletal Remains
- Part III Contemporary Perspectives
- Index
- References
7 - Atherosclerosis among the Elites
A Bioarchaeological Investigation of Seventeenth- to Nineteenth-Century Mummified Human Remains from Palermo, Sicily (Italy) and Vilnius (Lithuania)
from Part I - Evidence from Mummified Tissues
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 March 2023
- The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease
- Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
- The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease
- 2 Exploring the Sources of Indirect Evidence for Cardiovascular Disease in Bioarchaeology
- Part I Evidence from Mummified Tissues
- 3 Atherosclerosis, Mummies and Histological Analysis
- 4 Computed Tomography Evidence of Atherosclerosis in Ancient Mummies
- 5 The Genetic Background of Atherosclerosis in Ancient Mummies
- 6 Cardiovascular Disease in Nile Valley Mummies
- 7 Atherosclerosis among the Elites
- Part II Cardiovascular Diseases Associated with Human Skeletal Remains
- Part III Contemporary Perspectives
- Index
- References
Summary
As early as the mid-nineteenth century, tangible evidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) was found in Egyptian mummies, indicating that these people must have experienced atherosclerosis in the same way as modern humans do (Czermak, 1852; Ruffer, 1921). It has been suggested that the origin of the condition among the Egyptian elites was their diet, given that these people consumed food rich in saturated fat (David et al., 2010). However, we do not possess much data on the non-elite individuals from the Nile Valley, as they could not afford mummification.
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- The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease , pp. 130 - 144Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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