[The raising and worship of monkeys in the late period of ancient Egypt].
New finds of pathologically altered skeletal remains of baboons originating from the galleries under the temple of the god Thot in Tuna el-Gebel/Middle Egypt enlarge the knowledge of diseases observed in these animals, which were kept in non-appropriate conditions during ancient Egyptian time. "Rickets" and chronic deformations of the joints ("arthrosis") were observed most frequently. Additional cases of bone tumors and osteomyelitis were noted.
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Institut für Palaeoanatomie, Domestikationsforschung und Geschichte, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
D000818:Animals; D000076144:Egypt, Ancient; D005260:Female; D049690:History, Ancient; D008297:Male; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000266:history*; D009106:Mummies / Q000473:pathology*; D010164:Paleopathology; D010215:Papio; D012067:Religion / Q000266:history*
Affenhaltung und Affenverehrung in der Spätzeit des Alten Agypten.