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History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

Excavators studying ancient Egyptian tombs discovered that even the ultra-wealthy suffered from disease and malnutrition

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Excavators studying ancient Egyptian tombs discovered that even the ultra-wealthy suffered from disease and malnutrition

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History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

The mummified remains from dozens of tombs in Aswan, Egypt show how prevalent some diseases were. Tuberculosis may have killed whole families.

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