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Mummified remains from the Archaeological museum in Zagreb, Croatia - reviewing peculiarities and limitations of human and non-human radiological identification and analysis in mummified remains

Forensic protocols and medico-legal techniques have started to be increasingly employed during investigation of museological material. The final findings of such investigations may reveal interesting facts on historical figures, customs and habits, as well as provide meaningful data for forensic use. Herein we present a case review where forensic experts were requested to identify taxonomic affinities, stage of preservation and provide skeletal analysis of mummified non-human archaeological remains, and verify whether two mummified hands are human or not. The manuscripts offers a short review on the process and particularities of radiological species identification, the impact of postmortem changes in the analysis and imaging of mummified remains as well as the macroscopical interpretation of trauma, pathology and authenticity of mummified remains, which can all turn useful when dealing with forensic cases.

forensic anthropology; mummy; paleoradiology; species identification; taphonomy; Egypt

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