Unwrapping A Mummy

Author : John H. Taylor
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0292781415

Get Book

Unwrapping a Mummy by John H. Taylor Pdf

Horemkenesi was an Egyptian priest and official who lived at Thebes in the eleventh century B.C. The unwrapping and scientific examination of his mummified body (the last such investigation to have been carried out in Britain) provided a rare opportunity to study the remains of a known historical figure using the most sophisticated technology and methods of analysis. By combining the results of this study with information from inscriptions on Horemkenesi's coffin and rock graffiti recording his work in the cemeteries of Thebes, it is possible to build up a fascinating picture of the life, death, and mummification of an ancient Egyptian. The first part of this book considers Horemkenesi's life and work against the backdrop of Upper Egypt in the troubled times of the early Twentieth Dynasty. The second part concentrates on the unwrapping of the mummy: its careful planning, how the delicate operation was carried out, and what discoveries were made. What did Horemkenesi look like? How old was he at death? What was the state of his health? Why did the embalmers not remove his brain, and why were his internal organs missing? These and other questions are answered in this stimulating book.

Author : Lorraine Jean Hopping
Publisher : becker&mayer! kids
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780760355343

Get Book

Inside Out Egyptian Mummy by Lorraine Jean Hopping Pdf

Calling all explorers and archaeologists! Inside Out: Egyptian Mummy comes with everything you need to start an Egyptian adventure from the outset to discovering a tomb, to unwrapping a mummy. Though the ancient civilization of Egypt may be long gone, its dead still have secrets to tell. From the myth of Isis and Osiris, to King Tut’s tomb, to the intricacies of preparing the body for its underworld journey, Inside Out: Egyptian Mummy takes you step by step into a tomb. Get a fascinating glimpse into how an ancient culture saw death and the afterlife beyond. That isn't all though! Alongside beautiful illustrations and photographs, an interactive die-cut model reveals the many rites of the Egyptian tomb. You will be amazed by everything from the iconic golden burial mask, to the lucky amulets the dead were buried with, protective linen wrappings, and even the mummified body and preserved sacred organs. And when it comes to hieroglyphics, hidden burial grounds, and missing treasure, there’s always more to uncover, so get your start now, who knows where your journeys will take you!

Author : Alex Falcone,Ezra Fox
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0998361100

Get Book

Unwrap My Heart by Alex Falcone,Ezra Fox Pdf

Sofia is just a normal high school girl, worried about getting her homework done and looking cool in the lunchroom, when HE shows up: a devastatingly handsome new kid, mysteriously covered in decaying bandages and staring at her from the empty holes where his eyes should be. She thinks he's just a hipster, but is there more to this handsome stranger than meets the eye? Yes. He's a mummy. We're not really making a secret about this. The twist is he's a mummy. It's a book about a girl who falls in love with a mummy. We've read young adult books about teenage girls unknowingly falling in love with vampires, werewolves, angels, demons, fairies, mermen, warlocks, dreamwalkers, and trolls. Seriously, there was one about trolls. It's time for mummies, dammit. It's time for mummies.

Author : Thomas M. Feramisco
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476607924

Get Book

The Mummy Unwrapped by Thomas M. Feramisco Pdf

The mummy came to life in the 1940s out of Universal Pictures’ need to produce quick turnaround, low budget “B” movies. Universal produced The Mummy’s Hand, The Mummy’s Tomb, The Mummy’s Ghost, and The Mummy’s Curse (originally The Mummy’s Return) and thus created a popular franchise that is still supported today by a following of loyal fans. (Universal was prompted to produce a remake of its Mummy films in 1999.) This book is devoted entirely to Universal’s Mummy movies of the 1940s. It reveals lost action and dialogue by analyzing scenes that were edited out days before The Mummy’s Hand was released to theaters, treats readers to other dialogue that was filmed and then cut down to almost nothing before being included in the films, and compares and contrasts the original story of The Mummy’s Return to the final shooting script of what was later renamed The Mummy’s Curse. Each of the films has its own chapter, and chapters are also devoted to the actors who played the heroes, heroines, high priests, victims, and mummies in the films, and to the filmmakers who brought the mummies to life.

Author : Manchester Museum (University of Manchester)
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Egyptians
ISBN : 0719012937

Get Book

The Manchester Museum Mummy Project by Manchester Museum (University of Manchester) Pdf

Author : Roger Luckhurst
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199698714

Get Book

The Mummy's Curse by Roger Luckhurst Pdf

A quirky history that offers a new way of understanding the myth of the mummy's curse. Roger Luckhurst provides a startling path through the cultural history of Victorian England and its colonial possessions.

Author : Sarah Underhill Wisseman
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 025207100X

Get Book

The Virtual Mummy by Sarah Underhill Wisseman Pdf

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 : N. B. Grace
Publisher : Franklin Watts
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0531175332

Get Book

Mummies Unwrapped! by N. B. Grace Pdf

Describes the wide variety of ancient human corpses that are found, how they were preserved, and what archeologists can learn from them.

Author : Christina Riggs
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857856777

Get Book

Unwrapping Ancient Egypt by Christina Riggs Pdf

First runner-up for the British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize in Middle Eastern Studies 2015. In ancient Egypt, wrapping sacred objects, including mummified bodies, in layers of cloth was a ritual that lay at the core of Egyptian society. Yet in the modern world, attention has focused instead on unwrapping all the careful arrangements of linen textiles the Egyptians had put in place. This book breaks new ground by looking at the significance of textile wrappings in ancient Egypt, and at how their unwrapping has shaped the way we think about the Egyptian past. Wrapping mummified bodies and divine statues in linen reflected the cultural values attached to this textile, with implications for understanding gender, materiality and hierarchy in Egyptian society. Unwrapping mummies and statues similarly reflects the values attached to Egyptian antiquities in the West, where the colonial legacies of archaeology, Egyptology and racial science still influence how Egypt appears in museums and the press. From the tomb of Tutankhamun to the Arab Spring, Unwrapping Ancient Egypt raises critical questions about the deep-seated fascination with this culture – and what that fascination says about our own.

Author : Joyce Markovics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 153418323X

Get Book

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 : Augustus Bozzi Granville
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1825
Category : Embalming
ISBN : OXFORD:302079649

Get Book

An Essay on Egyptian Mummies by Augustus Bozzi Granville Pdf

Author : Lobb, Joshua
Publisher : Sydney University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781743322659

Get Book

The Flight of Birds by Lobb, Joshua Pdf

The Flight of Birds is a novel in twelve stories, each of them compelled by an encounter between the human and animal worlds. The birds in these stories inhabit the same space as humans, but they are also apart, gliding above us. The Flight of Birds: A Novel in Twelve Stories explores what happens when the two worlds meet. Joshua Lobb’s stories are at once intimate and expansive, grounded in an exquisite sense of place. The birds in these stories are variously free and wild, native and exotic, friendly and hostile. Humans see some of them as pets, some of them as pests, and some of them as food. Through a series of encounters between birds and humans, the book unfolds as a meditation on grief and loss, isolation and depression, and the momentary connections that sustain us through them. Underpinning these interactions is an awareness of climate change, of the violence we do to the living beings around us, and of the possibility of transformation. The Flight of Birds will change how you think about the planet and humanity’s place in it.

Author : Colleen Manassa
Publisher : Yale Egyptology
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Civilization
ISBN : 193378900X

Get Book

Echoes of Egypt by Colleen Manassa Pdf

For thousands of years, ancient Egypt has echoed around the world. This full colour paperback is the catalogue of a current exhibition at the Yale Peabody Museum. "The exhibition takes you on a journey through two thousand years of fascination with ancient Egypt, the land of the pharaohs. Visitors will discover how a culture that flourished thousands of years ago has impacted on our own world. Echoes of ancient Egypt appear in art, architecture, and literature around the world from ancient Africa to medieval Europe and the Middle East, to modern North America." 0Exhibition: Yale Peabody Museum, New Haven, USA (13.4.2013-4.1.2014).0.

Author : S.J. Wolfe,Robert Singerman
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0786439416

Get Book

Mummies in Nineteenth Century America by S.J. Wolfe,Robert Singerman Pdf

This work examines Egyptian mummies as artifacts in pre-1900 America: how they got here, what happened to them, and how they were perceived by the public and by archaeologists. Collected newspaper accounts and other documents reveal the progression of American interest in mummies as curiosities, commodities, and cultural lessons. Numerous mummies which no longer exist are identified, and commentary on mummy coffins and a discussion of methods of public exhibition are included.

Author : Ian Dicks,David Hawcock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1857070755

Get Book

Unwrap the Mummy by Ian Dicks,David Hawcock Pdf

A three-foot-long 3D wall poster book presenting lots of factual information about embalming in Ancient Egypt. With its reinforced holes it's perfect for hanging on the wall in the classroom or at home.