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Modern Mummies

Modern Mummies
Author: Christine Quigley
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2015-09-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1476613737

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For many, a mummy is an Egyptian pharaoh, wrapped in cloth, found thousands of years later in a pyramid by archaeologists. But mummies need not be ancient. Modern-day mummies can be found under glass in special tombs built in their honor, in private collections where they have come to rest after decades on the carnival circuit, in dissecting rooms of medical schools, and in the basements of funeral homes waiting for decades to be claimed by the next of kin. Stories about the famous (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Ho Chi Minh, Eva Peron) and the not-so-famous (Leslie Hansell wanted her body mummified to bask in the sun rather than being buried in the cold ground) mummies are told here in great detail, along with a broader look at the history and process of mummification. The book includes a comprehensive study of the successful prolonged preservation of the human body, and delves into the law and science of modern mummification.


Modern Mummies

Modern Mummies
Author: Michael Martin
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2006-03-09
Genre: Mummies
ISBN: 9780736861878

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Describes mummies from the 1900s, as well as how scientists use modern techniques to make mummies today including using cryonics, or freezing.


Modern Mummies

Modern Mummies
Author: Joyce Markovics
Publisher: Unwrapped: Marvelous Mummies
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2021
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781534182158

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Modern mummies hold fascinating secrets. They teach us hidden facts about different cultures. This narrative nonfiction book examines modern mummies from all over the world. Look inside to uncover these modern treasures! Each book includes a table of contents, glossary of key words, index, author biography, sidebars, and mummy map.


Mummified

Mummified
Author: Angela Stienne
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2022-06-07
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1526161907

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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.


Outside and Inside Mummies

Outside and Inside Mummies
Author: Sandra Markle
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2005-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0802789668

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An addition to a popular science series reveals how today's cutting-edge technology--such as x-rays, DNA testing, and forensics--is helping to teach scientists more than ever about mummies from across the world.


Egyptian Mummies and Modern Science

Egyptian Mummies and Modern Science
Author: Rosalie David
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2008-02-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1139467948

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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.


Mummies, Bones and Body Parts

Mummies, Bones and Body Parts
Author: Charlotte Wilcox
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1575054280

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Describes the wide variety of human remains, the use and abuse of them, what they reveal about life in the past, and contemporary attitudes toward the dead.


Mummies

Mummies
Author: John Malam
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2014-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1482421801

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Mummies, whether they're preserved by people or nature, are a fascinating way to examine different cultures around the world. While most people know about mummies from ancient Egypt, the first mummies were made more than 7,000 years ago in South America. Anthropologists can only guess why, most likely because of a belief in life after death. Readers will be awed as they discover how different cultures perfected their mummification process. Well-chosen photographs and illustrations will reveal the incredible preserving powers of peat. Gruesome discoveries and even modern mummies are all highlighted in this book, which includes 100 facts about magnificent mummies.


The Scientific Study of Mummies

The Scientific Study of Mummies
Author: Arthur C. Aufderheide
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 636
Release: 2003
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780521818261

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Evidence Embalmed

Evidence Embalmed
Author: Ann Rosalie David
Publisher:
Total Pages: 198
Release: 1984
Genre: History
ISBN:

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