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Author | : salima ikram |
Publisher | : American Univ in Cairo Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789774248580 |
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The invention of mummification enabled the ancient Egyptians to preserve the bodies not only of humans but also of animals, so that they could live forever. This book draws together studies on the different types of animal mummies, the methods of mummification, and the animal cemeteries located at sites throughout Egypt.
Author | : Charlotte Wilcox |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Animal remains (Archaeology) |
ISBN | : 9780736861830 |
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Describes animal mummies, along with some of the most famous animal mummies. Also informs where the animals have been found, how the animals are mummified, how scientists study them, and what they can teach us about the past.
Author | : salima ikram |
Publisher | : American Univ in Cairo Press |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 2006-02-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789773058616 |
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The Animal Mummy Room in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo throws an interesting light on the role of animals in ancient Egyptian, both as sacred totems of religious cults and as beloved household pets. This catalog of the animal mummies in the Museum - from cats, dogs, and horses to baboons, crocodiles, and gazelles - is fully illustrated with color photographs and x-rays, and each mummy is described in detail.
Author | : Edward Bleiberg |
Publisher | : Giles |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Animals |
ISBN | : 9781907804274 |
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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 | : Joyce Markovics |
Publisher | : Unwrapped: Marvelous Mummies |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781534180390 |
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Animal mummies hold fascinating secrets. They teach us hidden facts about the past. This narrative nonfiction book examines animal mummies from all over the world and different types of mummification. Look inside to unwrap these ancient treasures. Each book includes a table of contents, glossary of key words, index, author biography, sidebars, and mummy map.
Author | : Andrew Hansen |
Publisher | : Walker Books Australia |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 2020-08-18 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1760653187 |
Download Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies: The Weird Beard (Book 1) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Award-winning Australian comedian Andrew Hansen, best known for The Chaser, has teamed up with his wife, designer Jessica Roberts, to create their very first children’s book series. When twelve-year-old Bab Sharkey finds a magical beard in the Egyptian desert, it attaches itself to his face, making him the Pharaoh and granting him strange powers. Bab also finds the friends he’s always needed: a pair of undead animals wrapped in bandages called Scaler the Fish Mummy and Prong the Ibis Mummy. But the previous owner of the Beard, the ancient and evil sorceress the Unpharaoh, is determined to get it back. Can Bab and his new Animal Mummy friends banish the Unpharaoh back to the Afterworld? Award-winning Australian comedian Andrew Hansen, best known for The Chaser, has teamed up with his wife, designer Jessica Roberts, to create their very first children’s book series. This hilarious illustrated series is perfect for middle-grade readers with a wacky sense of humour.
Author | : Andrew Hansen |
Publisher | : Walker Books Australia |
Total Pages | : 227 |
Release | : 2020-08-18 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1760653217 |
Download Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies: The Giant Moth Mummy (Book 2) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The second book in the hilarious Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies series. A dark river under the world. An Ibis Mummy with an upside-down head. And the whole of Mumphis in peril … from six talking shoes. Boy Pharaoh Bab Sharkey returns to the magic city of the Animal Mummies. Only this time, he faces the grossest weapon ever devised – a giant mummified moth possessed by the spirit of the Unpharaoh herself! Can Bab and his smelly friends defeat this ancient evil?
Author | : Andrew Hansen |
Publisher | : Walker Books Australia |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2020-09-23 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1760653233 |
Download Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies: The Spongy Void (Book 3) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Chaser’s Andrew Hansen teams up again with Jessica Roberts for the third hilarious adventure in the Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies series! 4000 years ago, the Unpharaoh knew another powerful magician, who built a secret cursed chamber inside the Great Pyramid of Giza. She tells Cainus to lure Bab to that chamber, where not even the Pharaoh’s Beard will protect him. Bab finds the secret chamber, only to discover it’s the same cursed void that his dad vanished into some years ago. On its spongy walls are hieroglyphs of hundreds of trapped souls. Bab succumbs to the curse and loses his Beard, while at the same time learning a terrible secret about his family. Can he and the Animal Mummies retrieve the Beard before all of Mumphis is lost?
Author | : Andrew Hansen |
Publisher | : Walker Books Australia |
Total Pages | : 189 |
Release | : 2020-04-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1760652741 |
Download Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies: The Prickly Battle (Book 4) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Chaser’s Andrew Hansen teams up again with Jessica Roberts for the fourth hilarious adventure in the Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies series! From the bonkers brain of celebrated Australian comedian Andrew Hansen and the hilarious head of Jessica Roberts comes Bab Sharkey’s fourth laugh-out-loud book! The Unpharaoh is resurrected once again – this time in the form of an evil beard! With Bab’s pharaoh beard destroyed, he’ll have to team up with Prong, Scaler and the Animal Mummies to stop the Unpharaoh once and for all. Perfect for fans of David Walliams and Ahn Do.
Author | : Kelly Trumble |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 67 |
Release | : 1996-08-16 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0547562640 |
Download Cat Mummies Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Clearly written text offers an answer to the question of why ancient Egyptians mummified thousands and thousands of cats. An easy-to-understand introduction to ancient Egyptian history.