Mummies Made in Egypt
Author: Aliki
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 1985-09-25
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 0064460118
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAliki describes and illustrates the techniques and the reasons for the use of mummification in ancient Egypt.
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Author: Aliki
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 1985-09-25
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 0064460118
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAliki describes and illustrates the techniques and the reasons for the use of mummification in ancient Egypt.
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781435245549
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the techniques and the reasons for the use of mummification in ancient Egypt.
Author: Angela Stienne
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2022-06-07
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 1526161907
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMummified 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: Françoise Dunand
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780801444722
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"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: Aliki
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Published: 1979-01
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ISBN-13: 9780605025455
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thomas Joseph Pettigrew
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Published: 1834
Total Pages: 324
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Edward Bleiberg
Publisher: Giles
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781907804274
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 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: S.J. Wolfe
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2009-10-14
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780786439416
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work examines Egyptian mummies as artifacts in pre-1900 America: how they got here, what happened to them, and how they were perceived by the public and by archaeologists. Collected newspaper accounts and other documents reveal the progression of American interest in mummies as curiosities, commodities, and cultural lessons. Numerous mummies which no longer exist are identified, and commentary on mummy coffins and a discussion of methods of public exhibition are included.
Author: Gail Gibbons
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2009-11-29
Total Pages: 45
ISBN-13: 0316092568
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides 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
Published: 2008-02-04
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13: 1139467948
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEgyptian 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.