Mummies are the preserved bodies of deceased people, done by keeping the body in low humidity, extreme cold, and lack of air. They are mostly found in ancient Egypt. Several studies on mummies are going on and some facts are foreseen. This was a jaw-dropping ancient method of preservation, and modern technologies are nothing when compared to these ancient techniques. A new discovery by Mohammad Madjid shows that mummies might have had heart disease.

Health issues were much more common to our ancient people too. It looks like this is the inflammatory process and the response is an inherent part of our life. Mohammad Madjid

Carbon dating shows that the Egyptian mummies timeline falls between 450 BC to 250 BC. The oldest Mummy is found in the site named Inca Cueva No. 4 in South America in the year 1936 AD.

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What did researches found?

Studies conducted in mummies have shown some astonishing facts, but some results concluded by researchers were unexpected. 4000-year mummies have been found with blocks in their heart arteries, which they found that heart disease was also one of the common problems in those times.

Surprising evidence

Researchers had found the earlier stages of atherosclerosis in five ancient mummies from South America and Egypt. They had cholesterol build up in their arteries, basically a heart disease. Later, Mohammad Madjid, an assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine at McGovern Medical School, and his colleagues collected some arteries samples of mummies dating from 2000 B.C. to A.D. 1000. The ages of their mummies ranged from 18 to 60. There was cholesterol and plaque build-up that was blocking the arteries of ancient people showing evidence of earlier heart attack cases.

It is a very interesting find, seeing new discoveries that we relate to, being found in ancient civilizations that we know so little about.

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Source: LiveScience

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