On the possible ritual marking of a young XVIIIth dynasty pig skull from Tell El-Amarna, middle Egypt

R. Luff; D. Brothwell

doi:10.1002/oa.887

On the possible ritual marking of a young XVIIIth dynasty pig skull from Tell El-Amarna, middle Egypt

R. Luff, D. Brothwell

Archaeology

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Abstract

A young pig skull, excavated from an ancient Egyptian village near Tell el-Amarna, Middle Egypt, presents a number of unusual features which are suggestive of ante-mortem human intervention with subsequent localised infection of the bone. Copyright (c) 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	524-530
Number of pages	7
Journal	International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
Volume	17
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.887
Publication status	Published - 2007

Keywords

Amarna
ancient Egyptian
skull
pig
trauma
ritual
trephination

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