It turned out to princess who lived in ancient Egypt thousands of years ago, 3.5

Scientists believe that the daughter of an Egyptian pharaoh or a rich nobleman is the first court, at least, now known science man with a heart condition. If the Princess had lived now, she would have to be mandatory to do bypass surgery. Scanning the mummy shows that it strongly hardened and narrowed arteries artery leading to the heart, brain, stomach and legs.

Doctors from the University of California, specializing in cardiovascular diseases, together with colleagues from Cairo's al-Azhar University analyzed 55 mummies that are stored in the National Museum of Ancient History in Cairo. Computed tomography has found traces of the thickening and hardening of the arteries in almost half of the scanned mummies, but it hurt my heart was a princess Amos Merer-Amon, who lived in the area of ​​Luxor in 1580 BC and died at the age of 40 years. The cause of atherosclerosis

Princess is unclear, because it was fed to a healthier and more nutritious food than they do now - fruits, vegetables and fish, which then abounded in the Nile, and certainly led an active life.

Discovery scientists is very important. It shows that it appears that not only benefits of modern civilization contain a threat to the human body. Although, of course, emphasize the researchers, this does not mean that on the basis of the opening should abandon healthy eating and active living.

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