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Atherosclerosis ran in the family of ancient Egyptian royalty
In a study presented at the scientific session of the American College of Cardiology today in New Orleans, the team led by cardiologists Adel Allam of the Al Azhar Medical School in Cairo and Gregory Thomas of the University of California, Irvine found that 44 out of 52 ancient Egyptian mummies from the royal... »
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... »
