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Ancient Egyptians suffered hardening of the arteries, CT scans show
Image by Brooklyn Museum via Flickr The study was conceived by Dr. Gregory Thomas, a cardiologist at UC Irvine, after he read the nameplate of Pharaoh Merenptah in the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Cairo. The nameplate says that, when he died at age 60 in 1203 BC, Merenptah was plagued by atherosclerosis, arthritis and... »
