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Arteriosclerosis as ancient as the Egyptians

By Ben Morales-Correa

Early this year, in the back courtyard of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, a team of cardiologists and archaeologists assembled at the trailer carrying the CT scan machine to carry out scientific tests on 20 ancient Egyptian mummies. The mummies belonged to people with a high socio-economic position such as priests, court officials and... »



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