The number of computerised tomography (CT) investigations of mummies has increased
since the first published study in 1979. However, this approach has never been validated …

Objective The purpose of this study was to develop and provide recommendations for
computed tomography (CT) examinations of human mummies. Materials and methods …

Computed tomography scanning of mummies has been conducted for almost 40 years, and
has become an increasingly popular method of mummy study in the 21st century. However …

In the past, autoptic examinations were usually performed for research. This type of
examination, for obvious reasons, did not appeal to paleopathologists as these procedures …

Axial thin-collimation state-of-the-art spiral computed tomography (CT) was combined with
sagittal and coronal reformatting, three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction, and virtual “fly …

Mummies are human remains with preservation of non-bony tissue. Mummification by
natural influences results in so-called natural mummies, while mummification induced by …

Although guidelines for the examination of nonclinical skeletal material by CT have been
validated, 36 the accuracy and reliability of CT in the investigation of mummified tissues has …

Computed tomography (CT) has proved to be a valuable investigative tool for mummy
research and is the method of choice for examining mummies. It allows for noninvasive …

The socio‐cultural antipathies of some descendants with regard to invasive examinations of
age‐old human remains make permission for dissection of Korean mummies of the Joseon …

Computed tomography circumvents many of the problems encountered in the traditional
radiographic investigation of mummies. This case report demonstrates that CT provides an …