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Djeho, the Egyptian God's dancer with dwarfism from the thirtieth dynasty
H Valdes-Socin1, A F Daly2, P Petrossians2
1Service d'Endocrinologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège, Liège, Belgium. hg.valdessocin@chuliege.be.
Abstract:
This manuscript presents some artistic and medical considerations about a representation of an individual with apparent dwarfism. He was found in Saqqara by the British Egyptologist James Edward Quibell, in 1910/11. The naked figure of this individual, Djeho, is carved in profile on the lid of his sarcophagus. He has a height of 120 cm and has characteristic clinical features suggesting achondroplasia.
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