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Mummies and Death in Egypt

Mummies and Death in Egypt

Author: Françoise Dunand

Publisher: Cornell University Press

ISBN: 0801444721

Category: History

Page: 234

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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 ForewordMummies 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.
Mummies and Death in Egypt
Language: en
Pages: 234

Mummies and Death in Egypt

Authors: Françoise Dunand, Roger Lichtenberg
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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
Conversations with Mummies
Language: en
Pages: 191

Conversations with Mummies

Authors: Rosalie David, Rick Archbold
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-08 - Publisher:

Illustrates Egyptian mummies and explains how information on the process of mummification and daily life in ancient Egypt can be gleaned from the ancient, preserved bodies.
The Mummies of Ancient Egypt
Language: en
Pages: 112

The Mummies of Ancient Egypt

Authors: Rosalie David, Rick Archbold
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04-30 - Publisher:

*Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of ancient accounts *Includes a bibliography for further reading Africa may have given rise to the first human beings, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern societies across the globe nearly 5,000 years later. From the Library and
A History of Egyptian Mummies
Language: en
Pages: 264

A History of Egyptian Mummies

Authors: Thomas Joseph Pettigrew
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1834 - Publisher: North Amer Archives Incorporated

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Mummies
Language: en
Pages: 64

Mummies

Authors: John Malam
Categories: Egypt
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Pan Macmillan

This is an exploration of the ever-fascinating processes of mummification, from the South American desert mummies and the famous and elaborate Egyptian pharoahs to the doctors of the 19th century experimenting with embalming techniques, and famous modern mummies, such as Lenin.

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