A study of the atrioventricular (AV) conducting tissue was considered necessary for the examination of probable histologic changes that could justify the arrhythmias observed in street-heroin addicts. Postmortem coronary angiography and microscopic examination were performed in 50 heroin addicts (group A) and in 50 nonaddicts (group B), all male 16-40 years old. In group A, fatty and/or fibrous tissue replaced the AV node in 50% of cases while in group B in 14%. The main bundle was replaced by fatty and/or fibrous tissue in 44% in group A cases and 10% in group B. Intimal proliferation and fibromuscular dysplasia of the AV arteries in group A were correspondingly 26% and 14% and in group B 6% and 2%. Inflammation with focal and/or diffuse concentration of round cells of the AV node was detected in 54% in group A. These findings could explain a possible arrhythmia mechanism in this population.

Objectives: In the context of a joint Mummy Research Project of the National Archaeological Museum, the Hellenic Institute of Egyptology and the Athens Medical Centre, an Egyptian mummy of the mid-Ptolemaic Period was transferred to our hospital and was thoroughly investigated with Computed Tomography. Methods: The mummy was carefully removed from its coffin and scanned in a 64-detector row computed tomographic scanner. Multiplanar and anthropometric measurements were obtained using advanced software. Results: The mummy appeared to be well-preserved and belonged to a young male adult. Among the findings, the most interesting and uncommon one was the asymmetry of the maxillary sinuses and the orbits. There were no signs of trauma. Conclusions: Computed Tomography revealed in a non-destructive way a rare, based on the published data, facial deformity in an Egyptian mummy attributed to chronic maxillary atelectasis.

We present the Mummy Project of the Hellenic Institute of Egyptology (HIE), in close collaboration with the National Archaeological Museum of Athens (NAM) and the Athens Medical Centre (AMC), as a characteristic case of interdisciplinary study and interaction, not only between Smart Informatics (SI)-and to a lesser extent Artificial Intelligence (AI) and (Archaeo-)Medicine, but also with Egyptology and (Archaeo-)Forensics. We discuss some intriguing results of the CT-Scanning for five out of the nine mummies of the Project and emphasize the Informatics used for Computed Tomography (CT) that opens new ways in the study of the conditions, causes of death and other interesting information connected with humans who died in ancient Egypt at least 2,100 years ago, during the Ptolemaic Era. We show clearly that this consists of a characteristic paradigm of interdisciplinary SI application in Medicine and the health of ancient individuals (based on Smart Computing), providing new insights into the egyptological and archaeological consideration of their theocratic society.

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