| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-338) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: Egypt, land of the mummies -- 2. How to, part I : what the ancients say -- 3. How to, part II : the mummies speak -- 4. The royal mummies -- 5. Holy unrollers : the mummy unwrappers -- 6. Paleopathology : the dead are our teachers -- 7. Special treatment : Ramses the Great -- 8. Animal mummies -- 9. An inventory of kings -- 10. Dead and gone : missing mummies -- 11. The mummy in fiction and film. |
| Summary |
Egyptologist Bob Brier illuminates the mysteries, myths, sacred rituals, and hieroglyphic writings of ancient Egyptian culture through an examination of its mummies and the art of mummification.--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Mummies -- Egypt.
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Mummies. (OCoLC)fst01029115
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Egypt. (OCoLC)fst01208755
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Mummies.
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Egypt.
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| Genre/Form |
Nonfiction.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Brier, Bob. Egyptian mummies. 1st ed. New York : W. Morrow, ©1994 (OCoLC)647001306 |
| ISBN |
0688102727 (alk. paper) |
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9780688102722 (alk. paper) |
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0688146244 |
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9780688146245 |
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