This article concerns 20 mummies from the Cairo museum from various periods in a study of hereditary heart disease. The mummies are from the upper classes of ancient Egyptian society and in at least 9 cases were found to have suffered from arteriosclerosis.
One of the worst cases was found in the beautifully preserved mummy of the lady Rai, a courtier from the court of Amenhotep I.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/975/fe11.htm
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