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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.
Author | : William W. Lace |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Egypt |
ISBN | : 9781601522559 |
Download Mummification and Death Rituals of Ancient Egypt Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Looks at the beliefs and death rituals of the ancient Egyptians, highlighting mummification.
Author | : Thomas Joseph Pettigrew |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1834 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Download A History of Egyptian Mummies Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Aliki |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1985-09-25 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0064460118 |
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Aliki describes and illustrates the techniques and the reasons for the use of mummification in ancient Egypt.
Author | : Françoise Dunand |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780801444722 |
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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 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 | : Ken Jeremiah |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2014-01-10 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0786489790 |
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A mention of mummification immediately brings to mind the ancient Egyptians--but the Roman Catholic Church has long used the practice to preserve notable members of its faith. In Italy alone, more than 300 preserved bodies appear on display in churches and cathedrals--the mummified remains of saints, priests, martyrs, and other high-ranking Roman Catholic officials. This study explores the history of Roman Catholic mummification, which continues to this day in the use of New Kingdom Egyptian mummification procedures on popes. It explores various types of mummies, the connections between the Catholic Church and Egyptian religious practices, the treatment of the dead by other faiths, and the veritable cult that has arisen in Italy surrounding the saints whose bodies are preserved. By examining this unusual practice from both scientific and cultural perspectives, the book sheds light on a relatively unstudied aspect of the Roman Catholic faith.
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.
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 1880 |
Genre | : Egypt |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Christopher Sloan |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1426306962 |
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Investigate mysteries from the grave in this creepy-fun compendium of the world's most fascinating mummies. Learn what the experts have discovered about each mummy's life and death.
Author | : David Stewart |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Egypt |
ISBN | : 9781909645257 |
Download You Wouldn't Want to Be an Egyptian Mummy! Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Egyptians underwent an extraordinary process to enter the afterlife. Learn how the organs are removed, including the brain, what the body is stuffed with to make it look realistic, and what the false eyes are made from.