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PremiumVIVAnews -About 3500 years ago, Queen Ahmose-Meryet-Amon enjoy life very fancy in the region is now Luxor, a city in the South of Egypt. However, he did not live to be happy at the end of his life.
The reason, of research, it is known that two of the three main coronary blood vessels of the body experience kalsifikasi, which are signs of a buildup of fat in the atherosklerosis or the walls of the arteries. If he were alive today, bypass needs to be done.
The team of scientists found this condition after a CT scan of the entire body of the Queen have been mummified. These findings make Queen Ahmose-Meryet-Amon became the oldest patients known to have the disease of the arteries and heart.
In its report, a. h. Allam and his colleagues when he presented his findings in an International Conference of Non-Invasice Cardiovascular Imaging, mention, atherosclerosis turns out is common in the ancient man after they do research on ancient Egypt mummies.
As cited from the journal Scientific American, May 23, 2011, food nation Egypt in it's fruits and vegetables, wheat and barley, a little meat, bread, and beer. Egypt is also very active in community activities. Pattern of life that is a sign of a healthy lifestyle. Then why the Queen died in the age of 40 annual?
According to the conclusions of the researchers, the Queen is likely to have a genetic tendency to experience heart disease. Another possibility, he consumes foods that do not customarily eaten by people in it.
Another possibility is that he suffered inflammation due to the common disease caused by parasites or cause cardiovascular pathology that when it is not yet known.
Certainly, from a scan of the Mummy, it is known that heart disease, a previously unknown is the result of the lifestyle of medern, turns out to have been present since at least 3,500 years ago.
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