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Multidisciplinary investigation of two Egyptian child mummies curated at the University of Tartu Art Museum, Estonia (Late/Graeco-Roman Periods)

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Two ancient Egyptian child mummies at the University of Tartu Art Museum (Estonia) were, according to museum records, brought to Estonia by the young Baltic-German scholar Otto Friedrich von Richter, who had travelled in Egypt during the early 19th century. Although some studies of the mummies were conducted, a thorough investigation has never been made. Thus, an interdisciplinary team of experts studied the remains using the most recent analytical methods in order to provide an exhaustive analysis of the remains. The bodies were submitted for osteological and archaeothanatological study, radiological investigation, AMS radiocarbon dating, chemical and textile analyses, 3D modelling, entomological as well as aDNA investigation. Here we synthesize the results of one of the most extensive multidisciplinary analyses of ancient Egyptian child mummies, adding significantly to our knowledge of such examples of ancient funerary practices.

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Oras, E., Anderson, J., Tõrv, M., Vahur, S., Rammo, R., Remmer, S., Mölder, M., Malve, M., Saag, L., Saage, R., Teearu, A., Peets, P., Tambets, K., Metspalu, M., Lees, D., Barclay, M., Hall, M., Ikram, S., Piombino‐Mascali, D. (2020). Multidisciplinary investigation of two Egyptian child mummies curated at the University of Tartu Art Museum, Estonia (Late/Graeco-Roman Periods). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227446

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Ester Oras Jaanika Anderson Mari Tõrv Signe Vahur Riina Rammo Sünne Remmer Maarja Mölder Martin Malve Lehti Saag Ragnar Saage Anu Teearu Pilleriin Peets Kristiina Tambets Mait Metspalu David C. Lees Maxwell V. L. Barclay M. J. R. Hall Salima Ikram Dario Piombino‐Mascali

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