Palaeopathology in Egypt and Nubia : a century in review / edited by Ryan Metcalfe, Jenefer Cockitt, and Rosalie David.

Oxford : Archaeopress, [2014]

viii, 169 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Papers originally presented at a workshop held at the Natural History Museum in London, August 29-30, 2012.

Sir Grafton Elliot Smith : palaeopathology and the Archaeological Survey of Nubia / Rosalie David -- Whose body? : the human remains from the 1908-1909 season of the Archaeological Survey of Nubia / Jenefer A. Cockitt -- The more things change? : the archaeological work of Alfred Lucas / Ryan Metcalfe -- Harris lines, ill health during childhood, poor diet, emotional stress or normal growth patterns? / Abeer Eladany -- An interesting example of a condylar fracture from ancient Nubia suggesting the possibility of early surgical intervention / Mervyn Harris, Tristan Lowe and Farah Ahmed -- An overview of the evidence for tuberculosis from ancient Egypt / Lisa Sabbahy -- Palaeopathology, disability and bodily impairments / Sonia Zakrzewski -- Dental infections in ancient Nubia / Roger J. Forshaw -- A case of sever ankylosis of temporomandibular joint from New Kingdom necropolis (Saqqara, Egypt) / Ladislava Horáčková and Frank Rühli -- Occlusal macrowear, antemortem tooth loss, and temporomandibular joint arthritis at Predynastic Naqada / Nancy C. Lovell -- How to make a mummy : a late hieratic guide from Abusir / Jiři Janák and Renata Landgráfová -- Studying mummies : giving life to a dry subject / Michael R. Zimmerman -- Microstructural analysis of a Predynastic iron meteorite bead / Diane Johnson, Monica M. Grady, Tristan Lowe and Joyce Tyldesley -- Imaging and analysis of skeletal morphology : new tools and techniques / Norman MacLeod -- Mummies on rails / Ahmad Alam, Ian Dunlop, Robert Stevens, Andrew Brass, Jenefer Cockitt, Rosalie David and Ryan Metcalfe -- Mummy website and database / Barbara Zimmerman, Sukeerthi Shaga, Pavitra Kaveri Ramnath, and Sai Phaneendra Vadapalli.

Includes bibliographical references.

Wellcome Trust grant output. Grantholder: Rosalie David. Grant type: History of Medicine Project Grant. Grant number: 090575.