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Calcified vessels in a female mummy, estimated age 40–45 years old, a princess living in the Seventeenth Dynasty (1580–1550 BCE) of the Second Intermediate Period. Extensive calcification of the aortic and coronary vessels was detected using CT scanning. Reproduced with permission from Elsevier from the Horus Study published in JACC Cardiovascular Imaging (8).
