Abusir XIX. Tomb of Hetepi (AS 20), Tomb AS 33-35, and AS 50-53

0357512 - BC 2011 RIV CZ eng M - Monography Chapter
Bezděk, Aleš - Háva, J.
Determination of insect fragments from mastaba AS 53.
Abusir XIX. Tomb of Hetepi (AS 20), Tomb AS 33-35, and AS 50-53. Praha: Charles University, 2010 - (Bárta, M.; Coppens, F.; Vymazalová, H.), s. 356-356. ISBN 978-80-7308-325-0
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z50070508
Keywords : Dermestidae
Subject RIV: EG - Zoology

In the course of the excavation of shaft 2 of tomb AS 53 an intact burial was discovered at the bottom of the shaft. It contained the body of a male of about 50 years of age. A sample including insect remains was taken from the cranial cavity. The sample contained a relatively large amount of beetle fragments, especially legs, head capsules, pronotums and elytra. All preserved fragments obviously belonged to the same species – Dermestes leechi Kalík, 1952. The species is widely distributed in the Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa.
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