New Article: The Proceeding Book of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences

Our article about Korean mummy is contributed to the proceeding book "Мультидисциплинарные методы в археологии: новейшие итоги и перспективы" published by Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk).


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About the project this time for Rakhigarhi is as follows:
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"Partnering with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and paleoparasitologists from the Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea, scientists from the Deccan College Post-graduate and Research Institute will now try to capture and study the parasite eggs that once existed in the stomachs of those buried during the Harappan era, and ultimately isolate the DNA of their host,...."

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