They found that 47, or 34%, of the mummies had such deposits, suggesting, they said, that cardiovascular disease was more common in historic times than many experts think.
It is out of the idolatrous dotings of the old Egyptians upon broiled ibis and roasted river horse, that you see the mummies of those creatures in their huge bake-houses the pyramids.
"Don't worry, what with all the armor, the mummies and Egyptian temples, the always fun costume collection and the over-the-top grandeur of the place, there's no way they could be bored, " she said.
An international research team of cardiologists, radiologists and archeologists used CT scanners to evaluate the mummies, hunting for deposits of calcium in arterial walls that are a telltale sign of hardening of the arteries that can lead to heart attacks and strokes.
Twenty-nine, or 38%, of the 76 mummies from ancient Egypt, 13 of the 51 (25%) mummies from ancient Peru, and 2 of 5 (40%) of ancient Puebloans had atherosclerosis.
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In Bolzano, Italy, the EURAC-Institute for Mummies and the Iceman was recently created to investigate ancient DNA in mummies as well as the famous Iceman, found in the Alps in 1991.
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Tells about a dig overseen by Hawass at the Valley of the Golden Mummies.
Highlights of its vast collection are the ancient Egyptian mummies, its Roman and Greek antiquities, the Rosetta Stone and the Anglo-Saxon treasures of Sutton Hoo.
It is close by the Castro and the Mission, but it filled with yummy mummies and the stroller set, sidewalk cafes and lovely old Victorians.
Some of the best-kept mummies date back more than 500 years from the Inca civilization, which stretched from Peru to Chile.
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Unlike the ancient Egyptian mummies, which went through a complicated preservation process to dry out their flesh, most of these corpses were preserved simply by putting them somewhere where moisture was scant.
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The next time someone tells you about a miraculous diet that mimics the way people ate in ancient times, here is a nice counterargument: studies of mummies say the ancients got heart disease too.
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Two museums of treasures from the Pre-Inca Paracas culture, including mummies and feathered garments, lost their outer walls.
In Alexandria, Egypt, the Catacombs of Kom el-Shoqafa were originally built for just one rich family around the 2nd Century, but eventually housed more 300 mummies.
The same researchers reported similar findings in 2009 from Egyptian mummies.
Wade calls the collection fascinating and says we can learn a lot from mummies in general.
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In 1972, eight mummies were discovered in Greenland where they were naturally preserved by the freezing temperatures.
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They found probable or definite atherosclerosis, the artery disease that leads to heart attacks and strokes, in 47 of 137 mummies.
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