Naslov
Homocystinuria, a Possible Explanation of the Akhenaten’s mystery

Autori
Čavka, Mislav ; Kelava, Tomislav ; Olujić, Boris

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
CECE7 – VIIth European Conference of Egyptologists. Egypt 2015: Perspectives of Research Book of Abstracts / - , 2015, 31-31

ISBN
978-953-7823-43-6

Skup
CECE7 – VIIth European Conference of Egyptologists. Egypt 2015: Perspectives of Research

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 02.06.2015. - 07.06.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Egypt; History of Medicine; Akhenaten; Ancient History; Pharaoh; Homocystinuria

Sažetak
Pharaoh Amenophis IV (Amenhotep IV), also known as Akhenaten, is the most mysterious person in Egyptian history and he still remains the object of academic argues. This revolutionary king introduced a new concept in Egyptian religion and arts. It is still unexplained if images of him and his family were just an artistic outbreak from old Egyptian canon or an excellent paleopathological study. Several pathologic conditions were proposed to explain his appearance but neither is completely acceptable. We propose a different disease that he could have suffered of: homocystinuria – lack of cysthationine-β synthase. Our conclusion is that in comparison with up-to-date most convincing theory, that he was suffering of Marfan syndrome, our theory equally well explains his physical appearance but is better in explaining affecting and unaffecting of his relatives. However, the confirmation of both can be made only by DNA analysis. Still the method for DNA sampling is the subject of criticism.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Temeljne medicinske znanosti, Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Povijest

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