A Systematic Approach to the Application of Soft Tissue Histopathology in Paleopathology

Figure 6

Ancient Egyptian mummy tissue from case 24 (c. 2.900 yrs.). (a) A small coronary artery shows significant intimal arteriosclerotic thickening. Note the excellently preserved internal elastic lamina. (b) Myocardial tissue with tiny connective tissue sheaths between the residues of the cardiomyocytes (original magnification: ×200; Elastica-van Gieson stain).

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