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Author : Aidan Cockburn,Eve Cockburn,Theodore A. Reyman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0521589541
A readable and fascinating account of the story of mummification from around the world.
Author : Aidan Cockburn,Eve Cockburn,Theodore Allen Reyman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Mummies
ISBN : OCLC:54425785
Author : Aidan Cockburn,Eve Cockburn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:552263100
Author : Arthur C. Aufderheide
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0521818265
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Author : Jane E. Buikstra,Charlotte Roberts
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 817 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780195389807
The first comprehensive global history of the discipline of paleopathology
Author : Roy Lee Moodie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1931
Category : Egypt
ISBN : UOM:39015019137515
Author : John Malam,Joann Fletcher
Publisher : DK Children
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0789479761
Details how mummies were prepared and what they meant to the cultures that practiced mummification.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1312 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Medicine
ISBN : UOM:39015010653791
Author : Plinio Prioreschi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781888456011
Author : Howard Reid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Death
ISBN : 0747262241
Everyone knows that the ancient Egyptians were great mummifiers, and their sarcophagi and bandage-wrapped corpses are familiar images to us all. Yet across the vast sweep of history, we find many other great cultures in which the bodies of the dead were preserved as a matter of course. In coastal Peru were the Chinchorros, whose mummifying culture flowered several millennia before Egypt's, and in the Andes were the Chachapoyas, the 'Cloud People, ' a lost civilization which has only recently begun to be understood. In China's Taklamakan desert, the oddly-Caucasian looking people who established the Silk Route, which made possible the first trade between East and West, have left behind stunningly lifelike mummies. The ritually sacrificed bodies preserved in the peat bogs of northern Europe give us an extraordinary insight into life in the Dark Ages. And in the Canary Islands, perhaps most surprisingly of all, lived the Guanches, whose sophisticated mummification techniques - and whose cultural links with the Egyptians - Howard Reid explores here for the first time. Taking his extraordinary first-hand experiences of discovering and filming mummies all over the world as his starting point, Howard Reid brings these ancient cultures vividly to life. And in so doing, "In Search of the Immortals" comes to represent his personal quest to find an answer to that most epic and timeless of human problems: the meaning of death.
Author : Paul T. Nicholson,Ian Shaw
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 0521452570
The book describes current research into all aspects of craftwork in ancient Egypt.
Author : Julia Tum,Andrew Middleton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006-08-11
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781136369940
Radiography can be an invaluable tool for the study of a diverse array of cultural materials including metals, ceramics, paper, paintings and human and animal remains. In this book, experts in the field bring to life their experiences with the different materials, describing the techniques that can be employed to discover the stories behind the objects. This second edition, available in paperback for the first time, includes new case studies and images, as well as whole new sections on digital imaging, quality control and animal mummies.
Author : J. Lang (ed.),Andrew Middleton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780750663472
"Radiography has made an invaluable contribution to the identification, care and understanding of cultural material. This book illustrates applications of radiography including: assessing the condition of artefacts before conservation, uncovering previous restorations, elucidating methods of construction, and revealing hidden features and inscriptions."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Matt Cardin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610694209
Perfect for school and public libraries, this is the only reference book to combine pop culture with science to uncover the mystery behind mummies and the mummification phenomena. Mortality and death have always fascinated humankind. Civilizations from all over the world have practiced mummification as a means of preserving life after death—a ritual which captures the imagination of scientists, artists, and laypeople alike. This comprehensive encyclopedia focuses on all aspects of mummies: their ancient and modern history; their scientific study; their occurrence around the world; the religious and cultural beliefs surrounding them; and their roles in literary and cinematic entertainment. Author and horror guru Matt Cardin brings together 130 original articles written by an international roster of leading scientists and scholars to examine the art, science, and religious rituals of mummification throughout history. Through a combination of factual articles and topical essays, this book reviews cultural beliefs about death; the afterlife; and the interment, entombment, and cremation of human corpses in places like Egypt, Europe, Asia, and Central and South America. Additionally, the book covers the phenomenon of natural mummification where environmental conditions result in the spontaneous preservation of human and animal remains.
Author : Adauto Araújo
Publisher : SciELO - Editora FIOCRUZ
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9788575415986
Unprecedented initiative in the world, the book compiles the available knowledge on the subject and presents the state-of-the-art in paleoparasitology – term coined about 30 years ago by Brazilian Fiocruz researcher Luiz Fernando Ferreira, pioneer in this science which is concerned with the study of parasites in the past. Multidisciplinary by essence, paleoparasitology gathers contributions from social scientists, biologists, historians, archaeologists, pharmacists, doctors and many other professionals, either in biomedical or humanities fields. With varied applications such as in evolutionary or migration studies, their results often depend on the association between laboratory findings and cultural remains. The book is divided into four parts - Parasites, Hosts, and Human Environment; Parasites Remains Preserved in Various Materials and Techniques in Microscopy and Molecular Diagnostics; Parasite Findings in Archeological Remains: a paleographic view; and Special Studies and Perspectives. Signed by authors from various countries such as Argentina, USA, Germany and France, the book has chapters devoted to the discoveries of paleoparasitology on all continents.