Animal Mummies

Author : salima ikram
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9774248589

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divine creatures by salima ikram Pdf

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 : Joyce Markovics
Publisher : Unwrapped: Marvelous Mummies
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1534180397

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Animal Mummies by Joyce Markovics Pdf

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 : Edward Bleiberg,Brooklyn Museum,Yekaterina Barbash,Lisa Bruno
Publisher : Giles
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Animals
ISBN : 1907804277

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Soulful Creatures by Edward Bleiberg,Brooklyn Museum,Yekaterina Barbash,Lisa Bruno Pdf

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 : Charlotte Wilcox
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0736813055

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Animal Mummies by Charlotte Wilcox Pdf

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
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9773058611

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beloved beasts by salima ikram Pdf

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 : Andrew Hansen,Jessica Roberts
Publisher : Walker Books Australia
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781760653187

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Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies: The Weird Beard (Book 1) by Andrew Hansen,Jessica Roberts Pdf

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,Jessica Roberts
Publisher : Walker Books Australia
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781760653217

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Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies: The Giant Moth Mummy (Book 2) by Andrew Hansen,Jessica Roberts Pdf

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,Jessica Roberts
Publisher : Walker Books Australia
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781760653231

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Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies: The Spongy Void (Book 3) by Andrew Hansen,Jessica Roberts Pdf

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,Jessica Roberts
Publisher : Walker Books Australia
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781760652746

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Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies: The Prickly Battle (Book 4) by Andrew Hansen,Jessica Roberts Pdf

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 : Joyce Markovics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 153418323X

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Unwrapped: Marvelous Mummies (Set) by Joyce Markovics Pdf

Mummies hold fascinating secrets. They teach us hidden facts about people, animals, and cultures from the past. This narrative nonfiction series examines mummies from all over the world and different types of mummification. Look inside to unwrap these ancient and modern treasures! Each book in this series includes a table of contents, glossary of key words, index, author biography, sidebars, and mummy map.

Author : Kelly Trumble
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1996-08-16
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780547562643

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Cat Mummies by Kelly Trumble Pdf

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.

Author : Lidija Mary McKnight,Stephanie Atherton-Woolham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Art
ISBN : 1781382557

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Gifts for the Gods by Lidija Mary McKnight,Stephanie Atherton-Woolham Pdf

The role of animal mummies as votive offerings in ancient Egypt and how their discovery, excavation, collection, curation, conservation and scientific study by the British contributes to our knowledge of this enigmatic and little-understood practice.

Author : Salima Ikram,Jessica Kaiser,Stéphanie Porcier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 946426036X

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The Ancient Egyptians and the Natural World by Salima Ikram,Jessica Kaiser,Stéphanie Porcier Pdf

Diverse bioarchaeological studies (using both traditional as well as innovative and advanced technologies), covering topics as varied as food, the mummification industry, and health and diseases, giving new insight into how the ancient Egyptians interacted with the flora and fauna that surrounded them.

Author : Arthur C. Aufderheide
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0521818265

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The Scientific Study of Mummies by Arthur C. Aufderheide Pdf

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Author : Salima Ikram,Zahi A. Hawass
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Animal remains (Archaeology)
ISBN : OCLC:76876743

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Beloved Beasts by Salima Ikram,Zahi A. Hawass Pdf