Egyptian Mummies
Egyptian Mummies by Barbara Adams, published by Bloomsbury USA in March 2008, offers a concise history of the mummification process in ancient Egypt. This 64-page edition explores burial practices from Predynastic times through the Early Dynastic Period and into Roman times, providing insights into the funerary customs and methods used during the New Kingdom. The book includes discussions on tomb robberies from the Twentieth Dynasty and the subsequent discoveries of royal mummies, complemented by photographs of unwrapped mummies.
Readers will find a detailed examination of the material evidence for mummification, alongside a description of the refined techniques employed during various periods. The text also addresses the practice of animal mummification in later times and concludes with a summary of modern research on the topic, featuring a bibliography for further exploration. This edition serves as a resource for those interested in the history, archaeology, and social science aspects of ancient Egypt.
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This book provides a concise history of the development of the process of mummification in ancient Egypt. It commences with the burial practices of Predynastic times and then goes through the material evidence for mummification from the Early Dynastic Period to its decline in Roman times. The discussion of the mummies of each period is set in the context of the prevailing funerary customs and a description of the funeral and the refined methods used in the New Kingdom is given. The tomb robberies of the Twentieth dynasty and the subsequent caches made in the Twenty-first Dynasty, which led to the recovery of the royal mummies of the New Kingdom, are related and many of the unwrapped mummies are illustrated by photographs. There is a section on the practice of animal mummification in the later periods. The book ends with a chapter which summarises the modern research into the subject from Greek times up to the present day with an accompanying bibliography for each entry.–COVER.
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