Friday, March 12, 2010

What the mummies tell us

Ancient Egyptians had atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries. Atherosclerosis was found in over half of the mummies recently CT scanned by a team of Egyptologists and cardiologists. Some of the mummies had been deceased for more than three thousand years.

Atherosclerosis was widely believed to be a modern disease.

Source: Supermarket News Spring 2010 edition

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