title: Temporal bone preservation in a 2600-year-old Egyptian mummy.
abstract: Perforated eardrums in the preserved temporal bones of a mummified Egyptian male in otherwise normal middle ears offer new evidence of acute otitis media and probable defective hearing among ancient Egyptians.
mesh_terms: D000076144:Egypt, Ancient; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009106:Mummies; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology; D010164:Paleopathology; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000473:pathology