First paleoparasitological study of an embalming rejects jar found in Saqqara, Egypt.
For the first time, a jar of embalming rejects was studied in search for helminth parasite eggs. This kind of jar was used to put discarded material by Egyptian embalmers during mummification process. Ascaris lumbricoides and Taenia saginata eggs were found in the linen and strip fragment contents of the jar, dated of 2,715-2,656 years ago.
Harter
Stéphanie
S
Laboratoire de Paléoparasitologie, EA 3308, associé CNRS ESA 8045, Université de Reims, U.F.R. de Pharmacie, 51, rue Cognacq-Jay, 51096 Reims, France. stephanie.harter@univ-reims.fr
Le Bailly
Matthieu
M
Janot
Francis
F
Bouchet
Françoise
F
D000818:Animals; D001200:Ascaris / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004534:Egypt; D004615:Embalming / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D009106:Mummies / Q000469:parasitology*; D010164:Paleopathology; D013621:Taenia / Q000302:isolation & purification*