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The Lithuanian mummy project: A historical introduction
The Lithuanian mummy project: A historical introduction

Author(s): Žydrūnė Miliauskienė, Agnius Urbanavičius, Rimantas Jankauskas, Justina Kozakaitė, Mantas Daubaras, Dario Piombino-Mascali
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Lietuvos istorijos institutas
Keywords: mummies; anthropology; palaeopathology; history; Lithuania

Summary/Abstract: Within the framework of the Lithuanian Mummy Project, a scientific investigation of the mummified human remains found in Lithuania, the authors of this paper attempted to gather as much information as possible in order to promote and expand the knowledge about the corpses held in the crypt of the Dominican Church of the Holy Spirit in Vilnius. The data collected enabled the history of the church and its burials over the course of time to be reconstructed, providing an original and unique window into Lithuania’s past.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 41
  • Page Range: 131-142
  • Page Count: 12