Plant Lipids and Fossil Hydrocarbons in Embalming Material of Roman Period Mummies from the Dakhleh Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 751-762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim Maurer ◽  
Thomas Möhring ◽  
Jürgen Rullkötter ◽  
Arie Nissenbaum
Keyword(s):  
Roman Period ◽  
Western Desert ◽  
Plant Lipids ◽  
Dakhleh Oasis

Human Mummification Practices at Ismant El-Kharab

1999 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Aufderheide ◽  
Michael Zlonis ◽  
Larry L. Cartmell ◽  
Michael R. Zimmerman ◽  
Peter Sheldrick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Remains ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Western Desert ◽  
Mortuary Practices ◽  
Nile Valley ◽  
The West ◽  
External Appearance ◽  
Adult Cadaver ◽  
Dakhleh Oasis

An estimated 169 inhumations were identified in 15 tomb chambers of the west cemetery at the Roman Period site of Ismant el-Kharab (Kellis) in Egypt's Dakhleh Oasis in the western desert. Of these, 50 were in the form of mummified human remains, about half of which represented deliberate, anthropogenic (‘artificial’) mummification. Comparison of mortuary practices with contemporary ones of the Nile Valley revealed some general similarities but also some exceptional differences. The most spectacular of these involved the production of composite mummies, prepared by using parts from multiple, different bodies, lashing them to a wood rack and wrapping the whole in such a manner as to resemble the external appearance of a traditional, single, mummified adult cadaver.

Fluorochrome labelling in roman period skeletons from dakhleh oasis, Egypt

1989 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Cook ◽  
El Molto ◽  
C. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Roman Period ◽  
Dakhleh Oasis
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