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Science 20 April 1973:
Vol. 180. no. 4083, pp. 303 - 304
DOI: 10.1126/science.180.4083.303
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Blood Cells Preserved in a Mummy 2000 Years Old

Michael R. Zimmerman 1

1 Departments of Pathology and Anthropology, University, of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104

Structures resembling red blood cells have been seen in mummies, but have been considered by some to be artifacts or molds. The finding of these structures, admixed with white blood cells, in the blood vessels of a mummified American Indian, confirms the original interpretation of preserved red blood cells.


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