4,000 Year Old Mummies Had Heart Disease
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Re: 4,000 Year Old Mummies Had Heart Disease
by The Dharma Bum » Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:11 am
The ruling elite in ancient Egypt were probably among the first humans to achieve a sedentary lifestyle. Not too surprising really.
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Re: 4,000 Year Old Mummies Had Heart Disease
by eynon81 » Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:59 am
Read this Nat Geo article a few years back where they looked at the health-condition of a "middle class" Egyptian mummy. They were messed up; tiny, lots of parasites, crap diet. Pretty unhealthy folks overall, but most of their caloric intake was made up of bread and beer.
I would have much rather have been a Scythian...chances of a violent death increase exponentially, but I'm taller, eat better, go on more adventures, and have a horsey side-kick.
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Re: 4,000 Year Old Mummies Had Heart Disease
by PoS » Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:50 am
Other than the dormice I think eating as a Roman noble would be very nice indeed though Id skip the garum as well.
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Re: 4,000 Year Old Mummies Had Heart Disease
by Stratego » Mon Mar 11, 2013 2:14 pm
Harden arteries was probably just a minor inconvenience compared to getting your heart taken out and put in a jar.
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Re: 4,000 Year Old Mummies Had Heart Disease
by spacemonkey » Mon Mar 11, 2013 3:07 pm
It was probably pretty stressfull trying to keep the peasentry in line. I would say just ask today's leaders, but we don't have any.
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Re: 4,000 Year Old Mummies Had Heart Disease
by lil bit » Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:15 am
I was going to say...at 4,00 years old I'm not surprised those mummies have heart disease.
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