A case of bifid rib from the “G. Marro” Egyptian osteological Collection

The study was conducted on a skeleton belonging to the "G. Marro"Egyptian anthropological collection. The skeleton came from a single grave at Gebelein (Upper Egypt) ; the archaelogical evidence dates it to the Dynastic period. The skeleton is well preserved and complete in all its anatomical parts. The remains are referable to a child of around 4 years. The excellent state of preservation of the skeleton allowed a detailed macroscopic study of all the skeletal regions, which revealed a congenital defect of the right fourth rib : anterior end of the rib is bifucated. The present case documents a skeletal malformation rarely observed in archaelogical material