Institut für Mumienforschung
Institut für Mumienforschung
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Sie sind Momentaufnahmen vergangener Zeiten. Gleichzeitig verhelfen sie uns zu einzigartigen Erkenntnissen über unsere Gegenwart. Wir erforschen Skelette und Mumien aus aller Welt und aus verschiedenen historischen Epochen und gewinnen so Erkenntnisse zur Bevölkerungsgeschichte, der Entwicklung von Krankheitserregern und zur Konservierung archäologischer Funde.
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Research Fields
Mummy Studies
Scientific research on mummies from around the world and different historical periods provide a better understanding of humankind's history.
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Iceman Studies
Reconstruction of the life and death of the Tyrolean Iceman, commonly known as Ötzi.
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Conservation
Development of techniques and conservation protocols for the preservation of ancient organic materials with historical and cultural value.
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Bioarchaeology
Multidisciplinary research on skeletal and mummified human remains that combines archaeology, physical anthropology, paleopathology, paleoradiology and ...
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News & Events
Genetic Predisposition of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Ancient Human Remains
Our researchers have published a new paper in the journal Annals of Global Health to enlighten the genetic burden of our ancestors for the not just modern disease atherosclerosis, with our PhD student ...
The Institute for Mummy Studies in Egypt for anthropological examinations
Our Bioarcheologist Alice Paladin was at Qubbet el-Hawa North, an archaeological site on the west bank of the Nile opposite Aswan in Egypt for doing anthropological examinations.
