Egyptian Princess

Article Title: Egyptian princess was first person with diagnosed coronary artery disease
Info: http://esciencenews.com/articles/2011/05/17/egyptian.princess.was.first.person.with.diagnosed.coronary.artery.disease

Well, the article title is a bit misleading. Very misleading, in fact, when you say it slowly. Surely had been diagnosed before a corpse, no? Well, yes. It's a sensational title–more accurately poorly worded, but essentially meaning Princess Ahmose-Meryet-Amon was the earliest person who we can confirm has Coronary Artery Disease.

But what was interesting was that since she was an Egyptian, her diet must have consisted of vegetables, fruits, some meat and barley. Yet she still developed Coronary Artery Disease.

Dr Thomas and his co-principal investigator Dr Adel Allam of Al Azhar University, Cairo, suggest three possibilities:

1. Our understanding of Coronary Artery Disease is limited–our understanding is not complete
2. Genetic inheritence
3. Inflammatory response due to parasites common to Ancient Egypt

Else, another possibility is that because she was a Princess–royal her diet was not similar to a normal Egyptian. Surely her status grants her the ability to indulge in luxury foods like butter and cheese. Meats were stored using salts, another determinant of high cholesterol. It's incredible what we can infer from CT Scans of mummies!