A paleoimaging study of human mummies held in the Mother Church of Gangi, Sicily: Implications for mass casualty methodology

Raffaella Bianucci; Luca Sineo; Roberto Micciche; Grazia Mattutino; Andreas G.  Nerlich; Simon T Donell; Francesco M Galassi

doi:10.1016/j.fri.2020.200426

A paleoimaging study of human mummies held in the Mother Church of Gangi, Sicily: Implications for mass casualty methodology

Raffaella Bianucci, Luca Sineo, Roberto Micciche, Grazia Mattutino, Andreas G. Nerlich, Simon T Donell, Francesco M Galassi

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We read with great interest the recent paper by Beckett et al. on the mummies of Gangi (Palermo, Sicily) [1]. The paleoimaging data complement previous macromorphological observations performed by Sineo et al. [2,3] and Piombino-Mascali and Zink [4], both on the mummies and their funerary masks.

We support the authors’ classification using a logical numbering and the assessment of the individuals’ age at death, pathologies and funerary treatment; unfortunately, important information is lacking...

Original language	English
Article number	200426
Number of pages	5
Journal	Forensic Imaging
Volume	24
Early online date	2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fri.2020.200426
Publication status	Published - Mar 2021

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