On 7 Aug 2005 at 19:35, stardustdawn wrote:

> I just came across this article on CNN.  Researchers did a scan of a
> 4-6 year old girl's mummy and can tell she was breastfed until shortly
> before her death.  It doesn't say how they know, but it's interesting
> to find more evidence of extended breastfeeding out there. 
> 
> http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/08/05/mummy.scan.ap/index.html

I wonder if it is their shortened version of this comment "Schwappach-
Shirriff said many children of that era were breast-fed until they 
were at least 3 or so, and they had a high mortality rate in the 
first couple of years afterward." that I found on 
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-
bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/04/MUMMY.TMP&type=science
Anyone who wants to see the mummy being CT-ed, can visit this site: 
http://www.exploratorium.edu/bodies/webcast_5_13.html
-- 
Heleen Hayes
www.xs4all.nl/~hhayes

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