"Living Fossils": Anatomies of Race and Reproduction in Modern Egypt.

This article traces the scientific afterlife of the mummy Queen Henhenit from excavation and circulation to examination and display in twentieth-century Egypt. Believed to have the oldest vesicovaginal fistula in medical history, Henhenit's body held large implications for global anthropology and th...

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Published in:	American Historical Review Vol. 130; no. 1; pp. 19 - 53
Main Author:	Moore, Taylor M
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Mar2025
Subjects:	Mummies Vesicovaginal fistula Archaeological excavations Archaeological finds Antiquities Material culture Anthropology Egyptian history
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost