Mummy

Der Tod lauert im Museum. Der vierte Kriminalfall des Privatermittlers Achille Corso.
Bei einem Museumsbesuch werden der Privatermittler Achille Corso und seine Verlobte, die Forensikerin Pentesilea Orsini in einen doppelten Kriminalfall hineingezogen. Zuerst wird eine Leiche gefunden und danach folgt eine weitere Tat. Hängen die beiden Fälle miteinander zusammen? Corso ermittelt dieses Mal in München. Eine wilde Jagd führt die beiden Ermittler zu verschiedenen Sehenswürdigkeiten und auch auf das Oktoberfest.
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Crafting a Corpse, "cheating" the Gods: A Composite Mummy from Ancient Egypt Studied with Computed Tomography.  ||  Advertisement for the second of a series of papers [recently published in the Intl. J. Osteoarch. 30(1), 2020, 114-118] on the Mummy Project of the Hellenic Institute of Egyptology, the National Archaeological Museum of Athens and the Athens Medical Centre. This is the first paper internationally studying a composite mummy of an adult, to the best of our knowledge.

Vuonna 1922 englantilainen arkeologi Howard Carter löysi Luxorin länsirannalta Kuninkaiden laaksosta lähes ryöstämättömän kuningas Tutankhamenin haudan. Löytö oli kansainvälinen sensaatio, jonka vaikutuksesta egyptomania ja erityisesti tutmania levisivät kulovalkean tavoin silloiseen maailmaan. Egyptomania ilmeni lukuisilla elämänaloilla aina tanssisalonkien cakewalk-tanssista, naisten muotivaatteista ja koruista arkkitehtuuriin ja elokuvateollisuuteen asti.

The return of the mummy – ancient Egyptian themes in the movies

Late in 1922 the British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of pharaoh Tutankhamen, in the Valley of the Kings, across the Nile from Luxor in Egypt. Most of the tombs had been plundered from early times and Tutankhamen’s was the first to be found almost entirely undisturbed. The 5th Earl of Carnarvon, a keen amateur egyptologist who was financing the project, joined Carter and his team to enter the burial chambers, where they found the young pharaoh’s mummified body and a wealth of religious objects, wall paintings and inscriptions as well as equipment he would need in the afterlife.

The discovery created a worldwide press sensation and stories spread about a curse on anyone who dared to break into a pharaoh’s tomb. It was not long before Lord Carnarvon died in Cairo aged 56 and the lights in the city went out, which set off a frenzy of speculation. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle told the American press that ‘an evil elemental’ spirit created by priests to protect the mummy could have caused Carnarvon’s death.

No curse had actually been found in the tomb, but deaths in succeeding years of various members of Carter’s team kept the story alive, especially in cases of death by violence or in odd circumstances.

The first film directly pointing to Tutankhamen’s curse was “The Mummy” which is a 1932 classic American horror film directed by Karl Freund. Released by Universal Studios, the film stars Boris Karloff and Zita Johann.

Background: Mummy (Iranian pure shilajit) is a remedy with possessing anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anticancer activities. This study aimed to examine mummy effects on epitheli-al-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and invasiveness of MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer (BC) cell lines with underlying its mechanism. Materials and Methods: The dose-dependent inhibitory effect of the mummy on cell proliferation in vitro was determined using the MTT assay. Flow cytometry and 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole dihydrochloride staining were respectively used for quantitative and qualitative analysis of cellular apoptosis, and gene expression analysis was conducted using real-time PCR. Results: MDA-MB-231 showed more sensitivity than the MCF-7 cell line to the anticancer activity of mummy, while mummy did not exhibit significant cell cytotoxicity against human normal cells (MCF-10A). The gene expression profile demonstrated a significant decrease in TGF-β1, TGF-βR1, TWIST1, NOTCH1, CTNNB1, SRC along with an increase in E-cadherin mRNA levels in mummy treated cells compared to the untreated control group (P≤0.05). Conclusion: Mummy triggers inhibition of EMT and metastasis in breast cancer cells mainly through the downregulation of TGFβ1 activity, and more studies required to find its specific anticancer activity with details. [GMJ.2020;9:e1812]

Mummified remains have long attracted interest as a potential source of ancient DNA. However, mummification is a rare process that requires an anhydrous environment to rapidly dehydrate and preserve tissue before complete decomposition occurs. We present the whole genome sequences of a ∼1600 year old naturally mummified sheep recovered from Chehrābād, a salt mine in northwestern Iran. Comparative analyses of published ancient sequences revealed remarkable DNA integrity of this mummy. Hallmarks of postmortem damage, fragmentation and hydrolytic deamination, are substantially reduced, likely due to the high-salinity of this taphonomic environment. Metagenomic analyses reflect the profound influence of high salt content on decomposition; its microbial profile is predominated by halophilic archaea and bacteria, possibly contributing to the preservation of this sample. Applying population genomic analyses we find consistent clustering of this sheep with Southwest Asian modern breeds, sug...