BYU ScholarsArchive

Title

You Are What You Eat at Any Age: Carbon and Nitrogen Analysis of Mummies from an Ancient Egyptian Necropolis

Authors

Stephen Funk, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
R. Paul Evans, Brigham Young University - Provo

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Keywords

BYU Egypt Project, Fag el-Gamus necropolis, Seila Pyramid, mummies, burial shafts, dietary history, stable isotopy, 14C analysis

Abstract

The BYU Egypt Project at Fag el-Gamus necropolis and adjacent Seila Pyramid has studied over 700 mummies excavated over the past 30 years. The necropolis includes an open area with densely located vertical burial shafts and a hill with horizontal burial shafts. The chronological and dietary history of the mummies was assessed using stable isotopy and 14C analysis of accessible biological samples.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Funk, Stephen and Evans, R. Paul, "You Are What You Eat at Any Age: Carbon and Nitrogen Analysis of Mummies from an Ancient Egyptian Necropolis" (2019). Library/Life Sciences Undergraduate Poster Competition 2019. 5.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/library_studentposters_2019/5

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

2019-04-05

Language

English

College

Life Sciences

Department

Microbiology and Molecular Biology

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