Fig. 2.

Photographs of skeletal remains from a 47 to 63-year-old male (grave 25) showing: a frontal view of the thoracic spine with obvious ossification of the anterior longitudinal ligament except at the trajectory of the aorta; b a coronal multiplanar reformatted view from a CT scan demonstrating the same anterior ligament ossification and preservation of most disk spaces; c the same archaeological specimen from a lateral viewpoint demonstrating the extensive ossification of all ligamentary structures; d the corresponding sagittal multiplanar reformatted view from a CT scan. Note also the flavum ligament ossification (arrows) and unaffected facet joints; e the left humeral head with ossified insertion of the subscapular muscle at the minor tubercle (arrow); f the sternum with signs of extensive ankylosis and both first ribs attached