DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL HYPEROSTOSIS IN MEROITIC NUBIANS FROM SEMNA SOUTH, SUDAN
Creator
Arriaza B T; Merbs C F; Rothschild B M
Publisher
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
Date
1993
1993-11
Description
The paleopathological study of human osteological remains from the site of Semna South, of northern Sudan, revealed that about thirteen percent of this ancient Nubian population had diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH). As in modern cases, males were more affected than females. Two thousand years ago, ancient Nubian males had the same spinal problems elderly men have today. (C) 1993 Wiley-Liss. inc.