| Lisbon Mummy Human Mummy | |
| |
| Biographical Information | |
|---|---|
| Name(s) | M1 |
| Age | Between 51 and 60 years old (at time of death) |
| Sex | Male |
| Status | high |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in |
| Source | |
| Culture | Ptolemaic |
| Date(s) | 285BCE - 230BCE |
| Site | not specified |
| Current Location | |
| Location | National Archaeological Museum of Lisbon, Portugal |
| Catalog # | Unknown |
Housed in the the Museu Nacional de Arqueologia (National Archaeological Museum,) of Portugal in Lisbon. It is not provenanced, but came into the collection as a bequest from an aristocratic Portuguese family. Designated as M1, the mummy did not have a coffin or cartonnage case, although strips of cartonnage remained with the body, over the plain linen shroud. The wrapping, cartonnage and text indicate the Ptolemaic era. A name, inscribed at the bottom of the cartonnage, is still not fully deciphered; but it is a Greek not an Egyptian name, written phonetically.
Mummification[]
The remains of this mummy was wrapped in linens and buried in a typical pose for Ptolemaic males. He was excerebrated and the cranium filled with resin. His arms are crossed over his chest,
Studies[]
The mummy belongs to a man aged between fifty-one to sixty years of age at death.
Pathology[]
Dr Salima Ikram of the American University of Cairo was a part of the team who studied several bone lesions that were identified as osteo-blastic or bone-forming lesions found in the pelvic region, the lower axial skeleton (particularly the lumbar spine). Various options as to what might have caused these, t resulted in a diagnosis of prostate cancer. This is the earliest example of this disease in Egypt, and the first case of cancer diagnosed non-destructively by radiography. It is believed that the prostate cancer was the cause of death (Lorenzi, 2011).
Additional[]
External Links[]
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313629662_The_Lisbon_Mummy_Project
References[]
Reporter, D. M. (2012, January 31). 2,200-year-old Egyptian mummy had prostate cancer. Retrieved November 19, 2017, from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2093675/2-200-year-old-Egyptian-mummy-prostate-cancer.html
Takeda, A. (2012, January 31). 2,200-Year-Old Mummy Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer. Retrieved November 19, 2017, from https://www.everydayhealth.com/prostate-cancer/0131/2200-year-old-mummy-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer.aspx
Kaur, R. (2015). How Old is Cancer?.
Lorenzi, R. (2011, November 02). Cancer Found in 2,000-Year-Old Mummy. Retrieved November 19, 2017, from https://www.seeker.com/cancer-found-in-2000-