Mummies Made in Egypt
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1985 |
ISBN-10 | : 1435245547 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781435245549 |
Rating | : 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Describes the techniques and the reasons for the use of mummification in ancient Egypt.
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Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1985 |
ISBN-10 | : 1435245547 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781435245549 |
Rating | : 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Describes the techniques and the reasons for the use of mummification in ancient Egypt.
Author | : Aliki |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1985-09-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780064460118 |
ISBN-13 | : 0064460118 |
Rating | : 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Aliki describes and illustrates the techniques and the reasons for the use of mummification in ancient Egypt.
Author | : Françoise Dunand |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2006 |
ISBN-10 | : 0801444721 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780801444722 |
Rating | : 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
"Today, a good century after the first X-rays of mummies, Egyptology has the benefit of all the methods and means at the disposal of forensic medicine. The 'mummy stories' we tell have changed their tone, but they have enjoyed much success, with fantastic scientific and technological results resolving the mysteries of the ancient land of the pharaohs."--from the Foreword Mummies are the things that fascinate us most about ancient Egypt. But what are mummies? How did the Egyptians create them? And why? What became of the people they once were? We are learning more all the time about the cultural processes surrounding mummification and the medical characteristics of ancient Egyptian mummies. In the first part of Mummies and Death in Egypt Françoise Dunand gives an overview of the history of mummification in Egypt from the prehistoric to the Roman period. She thoroughly describes the preparations of the dead (tombs and their furnishings, funerary offerings, ornamentation of the corpse, coffins, and canopic jars), and she includes a separate chapter on the mummification of animals. She links these various practices and behaviors to the religious beliefs of classical Egypt. In the second part of this book, Roger Lichtenberg, a physician and archaeologist, offers a fascinating narrative of his forensic research on mummies, much of it conducted with a portable X-ray machine on archaeological digs. His findings have revealed new information on the ages of the mummified, their causes of death, and the illnesses and injuries they suffered. Together, Dunand and Lichtenberg provide a state-of-the-art account of the science of mummification and its social and religious context.
Author | : Angela Stienne |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2022-06-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781526161901 |
ISBN-13 | : 1526161907 |
Rating | : 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Mummified explores the curious, unsettling and controversial cases of mummies held in French and British museums. From powdered mummies eaten as medicine to mummies unrolled in public, dissected for race studies and DNA-tested in modern laboratories, there is a lot more to these ancient remains than first meets the eye. This book takes you on a journey from Paris to London, Leicester and Manchester, from the apothecaries of the Middle Ages to the dissecting tables of the eighteenth century, and finally behind the screen of today’s computers, to revisit the stories of these bodies that have fascinated Europeans for so long. Mummified investigates matters of life and death, of collecting and viewing, and of interactions – sometimes violent and sometimes emotional – that question the essence of what makes us human.
Author | : Aliki |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1979-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0605025452 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780605025455 |
Rating | : 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Author | : Edward Bleiberg |
Publisher | : Giles |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
ISBN-10 | : 1907804277 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781907804274 |
Rating | : 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
A fascinating mix of archaeology, history, and medical imaging shedding new light on ancient Egyptian animal mummies, this fully illustrated volume explores the important role granted to animals in Egyptian life--they were seen as equals to humans within creation, endowed with souls. By providing vital background information, backed up with scientific examination of the techniques of mummification, this new book is the first proper, accessible survey of this fascinating side of ancient Egyptian life. It is full of amazing images of mummies, sculptures, and small decorative objects. Accompanies a major travelling exhibition - Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA, March 22-June 15, 2014; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN, October 18, 2014-January 18, 2015; Brooklyn Museum , NY, Summer/Fall 2015.
Author | : Thomas Joseph Pettigrew |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1834 |
ISBN-10 | : IND:30000001738214 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Author | : Gail Gibbons |
Publisher | : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 45 |
Release | : 2009-11-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780316092562 |
ISBN-13 | : 0316092568 |
Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Provides an overview of life in ancient Egypt, describing the people, daily activities, beliefs and customs, and what has been learned from artifacts left behind.
Author | : Rosalie David |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2008-02-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781139467940 |
ISBN-13 | : 1139467948 |
Rating | : 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Egyptian mummies have always aroused popular and scientific interest; however, most modern studies, although significantly increased in number and range, have been published in specialist journals. Now, this unique book, written by a long-established team of scientists, brings this exciting, cross-disciplinary area of research to a wider readership. It shows how this team's multidisciplinary, investigative methods and the unique resource of the Egyptian Mummy Tissue Bank are being used for the new major international investigations of disease evolution and ancient Egyptian pharmacy and pharmacology. It also assesses the current status of palaeopathology and ancient DNA research, and treatments available for conserving mummified remains. Descriptions of the historical development of Egyptian mummifications and medicine and detailed references to previous scientific investigations provide the context for firsthand accounts of cutting-edge research by prominent specialists in this field, demonstrating how these techniques can contribute to a new perspective on Egyptology.
Author | : John H. Taylor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
ISBN-10 | : 0714150584 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780714150581 |
Rating | : 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Keynote A short, illustrated introduction to the ever-fascinating topic of Egyptian mummies, by an international expert Sales points A readable, short, but authoritative overview of Egyptian mummification Perennially popular topic Illustrated throughout in colour Description The author, a world expert on Egyptian mummification, addresses the most frequently asked questions about Egyptian mummies: how and why they were made, the religious beliefs which underpinned mummification, the preservation of animals, and how the mummies have been treated from ancient times until the present day. He provides an up to date summary of the ancient evidence, and also considers modern attitudes to Egyptian mummies, emphasising their role as a major source of knowledge and understanding about past societies. The text and illustrations draw heavily on the rich collection of mummies and funerary objects in the British Museum, and the findings of a wide range of recent scientific investigations of this collection. The book will therefore reflect the important advances which have been made in the understanding of Egyptian mummies over the last few years. The Author John H. Taylor is a curator of Egyptian antiquities in the British Museum.