A unique case of perforated bilateral parietal bone thinning in a Third Intermediate Period Egyptian mummy (Geneva Museum D 0242)*. Issue 1 (January 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Seiler, Roger; Rühli, Frank
• Is Part Of: Journal of Egyptian archaeology. Volume 100:Issue 1(2014)
• Page Start: 467
• Page End: 474
• Publication Date: 2014-01
• Subjects: Egypt -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Antiquities; Egypt; Archäologie; Ägypten; Égypte -- Antiquités -- Périodiques; 6.140; Periodicals; Zeitschrift; Online-Publikation; Electronic journals; 932.005
• DOI: 10.1177/030751331410000124
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0307-5133

Abstract

Since the early nineteenth century, the Museum of Art and History in Geneva has held the mummy of the Lady Tjes-Mut-peret with her coffin (Third Intermediate Period). The mummy was unwrapped in 1824 and the detailed description of this operation mentions several pathological findings. A CT scan was performed in the University Hospital in Geneva in 2011 allowing for the findings of 1824 to be reinterpreted and complemented by the diagnosis of a bilateral parietal bone thinning of the skull.