Author: Thomas Joseph PettigrewPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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A History of Egyptian Mummies
Author: Thomas Joseph PettigrewPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Egyptian Mummies
Author: Delia PembertonPublisher: Harcourt Brace
ISBN: 9780152026004
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Conversations with Mummies
Author: Ann Rosalie DavidPublisher:
ISBN: 9781897330296
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The secrets of life in ancient Egypt are revealed as never before in this lavishly illustrated new work that explores the advances in historical research made possible by modern technology and science. Full color.
Mummified
Author: Angela StiennePublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526161907
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
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.
Mummies and Death in Egypt
Author: Françoise DunandPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801444722
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
"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.
A history of Egyptian Mummies and an account of the worship, and embalming of the sacred animals by the Egyptians
Author: Thomas Joseph PettigrewPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animal worship
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Why Were Mummies Wrapped?
Author: Catherine ChambersPublisher: Miles Kelly Publishing
ISBN: 9781848102279
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
In a question-and-answer format many facts about the ancient Egyptians are presented for primary school children, with colourful illustrations.
Mummies & Magic
Author: Egyptian Mummies
Author: Tyler GiesekePublisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1098240804
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
This title lays out how and why Egyptians made mummies and gives some famous mummies as examples. Clear text and vibrant photos grab and hold readers' interest, and QR Codes in each chapter link to book-specific videos, activities, and more. Features include a table of contents, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, an infographic, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. DiscoverRoo is an imprint of Pop!, a division of ABDO.
Mummies in Nineteenth Century America
Author: S.J. WolfePublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786439416
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This 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.