3D technology uncovers the causes of death of 3 ancient South American mummies — and it isn't pretty
is nothing new. But a recent report shows how two of three South American mummies may have died wildly brutal deaths. released in September 2022 in the journal Frontiers in Medicine took a look at three South American mummies — two male and one female — between 740 and 1120 years old.Through CT scanning, a non-invasive scan used to examine objects in 3D, researchers found the men died violently, while the female died of natural causes.
Anna-Maria Begerock, Robert Loynes, Oliver K. Peschel, John Verano, Raffaella Bianucci, Isabel Martinez Armijo, Mercedes González, and Andreas G. Nerlich The first male mummy is estimated to have lived between 996 and 1147 CE in the Arica region in Northern Chile. The report refers to him as the"Marburg" man. The man was approximately 20 to 25 years old and was buried in a seated position.
The Marburg man is assumed to have died after"[One] assaulter hit the victim with full force on the head and [a] second assaulter stab[bed] the victim in the back," per the report. The other seemingly died after experiencing"massive trauma against the cervical spine."
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