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Habicht ME, Eppenberger PE, Galassi FM, Rühli FJ, Henneberg M , 2018: Queen Meresankh III – the oldest case of bilateral Silent Sinus Syndrome (c. 2620/10 - 2570 BC)? . Anthropologie (Brno) 56, 2: 103-113'.

While studying literature on crania of Egyptian royal families, photographs of the skull of Queen Meresankh III caught our attention because of the unusually shaped orbits, skull vault and suborbital areas. A retrospective craniometric analysis clearly suggests a pathological condition. Materials & Methods: In this multimodal, interdisciplinary study we reassessed the excavation report of Queen Meresankh III’s mastaba tomb in Giza (Egypt) as well as a publication in the anatomical record (Dunham and Simpson, 1974). Precise craniometric measurements were obtained by application of a three-dimensional (3D) image reconstruction method, which was compared to reference data from two different databases. A differential diagnosis was established in consensus by the authors with regard to the found pathologic craniometric measurements as well as to the biographic information available from the historical sources. The width of the skull is pathologically increased, while the cranial capacity is in a normal range. The orbit widths compare well with existing data, while orbit heights exceed ranges of normal women by more than 2 standard deviations. On account of the presented evidence, a retrospective diagnosis of Silent Sinus Syndrome for Queen Meresankh III may be reasonably postulated, making it the world’s oldest case of the Silent Sinus Syndrome.

2019

The Gladiator's Tears

Epiphora From Ancient Rome

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Journal of Craniofacial Surgery: October 2019 - Volume 30 - Issue 7 - p 1938–1940

doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000005902

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This article examines the clinical presentation of epiphora in Ancient Rome through the historico-medical analysis of the literary evidence provided by the verses by the poet Juvenal in his Satire VI. A gladiator's ophthalmological problem is interpreted as epiphora caused by traumatic injuries to the craniofacial region, compatible with those described in the palaeopathological literature. This analysis also focuses on the history of epiphora in antiquity and its treatment.

Numismatische Studie - Publikation Ende 2019 oder Anfang 2020 erwartet

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Michael E. Habicht, Andrew M. Chugg, Elena Varotto, Francesco M. Galassi

The so-called Porus medallions of Alexander the Great – crucial historical numismatic objects or clever counterfeits?

Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia (in Press 2020)

Kunstgeschichte & Medizin

Studie zu Leonardo da Vinci

Publikation erwartet Ende 2019 oder 2020

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2020

Koautor bei Mumienuntersuchungen KV 64

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Studie wird erst 2020 erscheinen

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Anthropologische Studie in Planung

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Erst im Laufe von 2020