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Author : Manchester Museum (University of Manchester)
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Egyptians
ISBN : 0719012937
Author : Ann Rosalie David,Dr Rosalie David,Rick Archbold
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1897330294
The secrets of life in ancient Egypt are revealed as never before in this lavishly illustrated new work that explores the advances in historical research made possible by modern technology and science. Full color.
Author : Ann Rosalie David,Edmund Tapp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015046368547
Author : Ann Rosalie David
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : 0719022045
Author : Sarah Underhill Wisseman
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 025207100X
The Virtual Mummy is a thoroughly readable introduction to the nondestructive techniques used by contemporary researchers to analyze the artifacts and culture of ancient Egypt. It tells the captivating story of the "virtual unwrapping" of an Egyptian mummy and the interdisciplinary project that allowed researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to investigate the person inside by way of an autopsy performed by computer. The mummy, acquired by the university's Spurlock Museum in 1989, was from the Fayum region of Egypt and is dated to about 100 a.d. Although other mummy projects have used destructive analytical techniques, the Spurlock mummy was never even unwrapped. Minute samples of loose material were taken for dating and for textile and wood analysis without affecting the integrity or display quality of the artifact. Faculty and staff members from area hospitals and University of Illinois departments including classics, anthropology, chemistry, textile sciences, and entomology were recruited by the Program on Ancient Technologies and Archaeological Materials for the project. The interdisciplinary team implemented a research plan that relied on medical imaging techniques including X rays and CT scans. They also utilized for the first time in the history of mummy research a Cray II supercomputer -- at the university's National Center for Supercomputing Applications -- to render three-dimensional images of the mummy's skull and body. Replete with illustrations, Sarah U. Wisseman's engaging chronicle of teamwork and research gives readers the chance to experience how ancient history melded with contemporary technology. The Virtual Mummy also includes a review of the development of mummification and a general history of mummy research.
Author : Rosalie David
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781139467940
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.
Author : Angela Stienne
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781526161901
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 : Ann Rosalie David
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015038911437
Author : Georges Tsoucaris,Janusz Lipkowski
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1402014996
This book delineates the contours of molecular and structural archaeology as an emergent interdisciplinary field based on structural analysis at the molecular level and examines novel methodologies to reconstruct the synthesis and long-term transformation of materials used in antiquity. The focus of this volume is on cosmetic and therapeutic materials.
Author : Arthur C. Aufderheide
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0521818265
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Author : Rosalie David,Eileen Murphy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9781800348585
The mummy of Takabuti is one of the best known antiquities in the Ulster Museum, Belfast. Takabuti was a young woman who lived in Egypt during a tumultuous period, c. 600 BC. Her mummy was unwrapped and investigated in Belfast in 1835. While the focus of the book is on Takabuti, it shows how the combination of archaeological, historical and inscriptional evidence with multidisciplinary scientific techniques can enable researchers to gain a wealth of information about ancient Egypt. This not only relates to the individual historical context, ancestry and life events associated with Takabuti, but also to wider issues of health and disease patterns, lifestyle, diet, and religious and funerary customs in ancient Egypt. This multi-authored book demonstrates how researchers act as 'forensic detectives' piecing together a picture of the life and times of Takabuti. Questions addressed include - Who was Takabuti? When did she live? Where did she come from and where did she reside? What did she eat, and did she suffer from any diseases? Did she suffer a violent death, and how was she mummified and prepared for burial?
Author : Naguib Kanawati,Ann McFarlane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015056819314
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Author : Ian Shaw,Elizabeth Bloxam
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1300 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192596987
The Oxford Handbook of Egyptology offers a comprehensive survey of the entire study of ancient Egypt from prehistory through to the end of the Roman period. It seeks to place Egyptology within its theoretical, methodological, and historical contexts, indicating how the subject has evolved and discussing its distinctive contemporary problems, issues, and potential. Transcending conventional boundaries between archaeological and ancient textual analysis, the volume brings together 63 chapters that range widely across archaeological, philological, and cultural sub-disciplines, highlighting the extent to which Egyptology as a subject has diversified and stressing the need for it to seek multidisciplinary methods and broader collaborations if it is to remain contemporary and relevant. Organized into ten parts, it offers a comprehensive synthesis of the various sub-topics and specializations that make up the field as a whole, from the historical and geographical perspectives that have influenced its development and current characteristics, to aspects of museology and conservation, and from materials and technology - as evidenced in domestic architecture and religious and funerary items - to textual and iconographic approaches to Egyptian culture. Authoritative yet accessible, it serves not only as an invaluable reference work for scholars and students working within the discipline, but also as a gateway into Egyptology for classicists, archaeologists, anthropologists, sociologists, and linguists.
Author : Kathleen L. Sheppard
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780739174180
The Life of Margaret Alice Murray: A Woman’s Work in Archaeology is the first book-length biography of Margaret Alice Murray (1863–1963), one of the first women to practice archeology. Despite Murray’s numerous professional successes, her career has received little attention because she has been overshadowed by her mentor, Sir Flinders Petrie. This oversight has obscured the significance of her career including her fieldwork, the students she trained, her administration of the pioneering Egyptology Department at University College London (UCL), and her published works. Rather than focusing on Murray’s involvement in Petrie’s archaeological program, Kathleen L. Sheppard treats Murray as a practicing scientist with theories, ideas, and accomplishments of her own. This book analyzes the life and career of Margaret Alice Murray as a teacher, excavator, scholar, and popularizer of Egyptology, archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, and more. Sheppard also analyzes areas outside of Murray’s archaeology career, including her involvement in the suffrage movement, her work in folklore and witchcraft studies, and her life after her official retirement from UCL.
Author : Stephanie Lynn Budin,Jean Macintosh Turfa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1583 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317219903
This volume gathers brand new essays from some of the most respected scholars of ancient history, archaeology, and physical anthropology to create an engaging overview of the lives of women in antiquity. The book is divided into ten sections, nine focusing on a particular area, and also includes almost 200 images, maps, and charts. The sections cover Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, Cyprus, the Levant, the Aegean, Italy, and Western Europe, and include many lesser-known cultures such as the Celts, Iberia, Carthage, the Black Sea region, and Scandinavia. Women's experiences are explored, from ordinary daily life to religious ritual and practice, to motherhood, childbirth, sex, and building a career. Forensic evidence is also treated for the actual bodies of ancient women. Women in Antiquity is edited by two experts in the field, and is an invaluable resource to students of the ancient world, gender studies, and women's roles throughout history.
