Ulcers Discovered in Mummies

LiveScience ^ | July 14, 2008 | Staff

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Two Mexican mummies had ulcers when they were alive. Remnants of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori were discovered in gastric tissue from the mummies, human remains believed to predate Columbus' discovery of the New World... "Our results show that H. pylori infections occurred around 1350 A.D. in the area we now know as Mexico," Lopez-Vidal said. Her research team included colleagues at the National Autonomous University of Mexico... The mummies for this research were recovered in a funeral cave of La Ventana, in the Chihuahua State desert, and in a cave in the state of Durango.

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Tissue from two mummies found in present-day Mexico bore evidence of the bacterium that causes ulcers. Credit: Yolanda Lopez Vidal and Gonzalo Castillo-Rojas

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[Towed_Jumper]

“Tissue from two mummies found in present-day Mexico bore evidence of the bacterium that causes ulcers.”

No wonder they found this mummy in the fetal position...stomach ulcers are extremely painful!

[Kevmo]

Thanks for the ping, but it’s obviously Bush’s fault.

[CholeraJoe]

“Pass the Mylanta, mummy.”

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Most peculiar. Rummy mummy tummy.

[SunkenCiv]

[sound of a group of french horns playing a flourish as the old joke procession marches out]

I think people who study mummies aren’t wrapped too tight.

[afraidfortherepublic]

ANd Egyptian mummies in the museam at the University of Pennsylvania had varicose veins and gum disease. So?

It's all very discouraging...

[afraidfortherepublic]

Correcting typos:

And Egyptian mummies in the museum at the University of Pennsylvania had varicose veins and gum disease. So?

[Towed_Jumper]

“ANd Egyptian mummies in the museum at the University of Pennsylvania had varicose veins and gum disease”

If these mummies are in Philadelphia, it won't stop them from voting for B. Hussein Obama in the Fall. I'm sure they all have valid voter ID cards too.

[SunkenCiv]

...and older mummies had lost their hair...

[afraidfortherepublic]

If these mummies are in Philadelphia, it won't stop them from voting for B. Hussein Obama in the Fall. I'm sure they all have valid voter ID cards too.

LOLOLOLOLOL!