M0009068: Jaw from a body found in a Giza pyramid

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Jaw from Gizeh Pyramid.

Reproduction of a photograph of the mandible of an Ancient Egyptian from a Giza pyramid. B.C.). The crown of the first molar is completely destroyed by caries leaving two carious stumps. Reproduced in Ruffer, Marc Armand: Studies in the palaeopathology of Egypt, Chicago, Ill.: The University of Chicago Press, [1921]. Related images: M0009067, M0009069, M0009070

21 September 1944

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.