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Modern Mummies

Author : Christine Quigley
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786428511
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Modern Mummies written by Christine Quigley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2006-10-24 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many, a mummy is an Egyptian pharaoh, wrapped in cloth, found thousands of years later in a pyramid by archaeologists. But mummies need not be ancient. Modern-day mummies can be found under glass in special tombs built in their honor, in private collections where they have come to rest after decades on the carnival circuit, in dissecting rooms of medical schools, and in the basements of funeral homes waiting for decades to be claimed by the next of kin. Stories about the famous (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Ho Chi Minh, Eva Peron) and the not-so-famous (Leslie Hansell wanted her body mummified to bask in the sun rather than being buried in the cold ground) mummies are told here in great detail, along with a broader look at the history and process of mummification. The book includes a comprehensive study of the successful prolonged preservation of the human body, and delves into the law and science of modern mummification.

Modern Mummies

Author : Michael Martin
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780736861878
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Modern Mummies written by Michael Martin and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2006-03-09 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes mummies from the 1900s, as well as how scientists use modern techniques to make mummies today including using cryonics, or freezing.

Modern Mummies

Author : Christine Quigley
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476613737
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Modern Mummies written by Christine Quigley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many, a mummy is an Egyptian pharaoh, wrapped in cloth, found thousands of years later in a pyramid by archaeologists. But mummies need not be ancient. Modern-day mummies can be found under glass in special tombs built in their honor, in private collections where they have come to rest after decades on the carnival circuit, in dissecting rooms of medical schools, and in the basements of funeral homes waiting for decades to be claimed by the next of kin. Stories about the famous (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Ho Chi Minh, Eva Peron) and the not-so-famous (Leslie Hansell wanted her body mummified to bask in the sun rather than being buried in the cold ground) mummies are told here in great detail, along with a broader look at the history and process of mummification. The book includes a comprehensive study of the successful prolonged preservation of the human body, and delves into the law and science of modern mummification.

Mummified

Author : Angela Stienne
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526161907
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Mummified written by Angela Stienne and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Outside and Inside Mummies

Author : Sandra Markle
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802789668
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Outside and Inside Mummies written by Sandra Markle and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An addition to a popular science series reveals how today's cutting-edge technology--such as x-rays, DNA testing, and forensics--is helping to teach scientists more than ever about mummies from across the world.

The Scientific Study of Mummies

Author : Arthur C. Aufderheide
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521818261
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (182 download)

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Download or read book The Scientific Study of Mummies written by Arthur C. Aufderheide and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents

Mummies & Their Mysteries

Author : Charlotte Wilcox
Publisher : Millbrook Press
ISBN 13 : 0876147678
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (761 download)

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Download or read book Mummies & Their Mysteries written by Charlotte Wilcox and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses mummies found around the world, including Peru, Denmark, and the Italian Alps, and explains how studying them provides clues to past ways of life.

Mummies Of Urumchi

Author : Elizabeth Wayland Barber
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393320190
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Mummies Of Urumchi written by Elizabeth Wayland Barber and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2000-05-02 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An absorbing exploration of the mysterious, perfectly preserved Caucasian mummies of western China--an informative unveiling of an ancient and exotic world. 16 pp. of color photos. 50 drawings. Author lectures.

The Encyclopedia of Mummies

Author : Bob Brier
Publisher : Sutton Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780750936507
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Mummies written by Bob Brier and published by Sutton Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2004 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you ever wanted to know about what mummies are, who they were, and how they came to be mummies.

Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires

Author : Richard Sugg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317354885
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires written by Richard Sugg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires charts in vivid detail the largely forgotten history of European corpse medicine, which saw kings, ladies, gentlemen, priests and scientists prescribe, swallow or wear human blood, flesh, bone, fat, brains and skin in an attempt to heal themselves of epilepsy, bruising, wounds, sores, plague, cancer, gout and depression. In this comprehensive and accessible text, Richard Sugg shows that, far from being a medieval therapy, corpse medicine was at its height during the social and scientific revolutions of early-modern Britain, surviving well into the eighteenth century and, amongst the poor, lingering stubbornly on into the time of Queen Victoria. Ranging from the execution scaffolds of Germany and Scandinavia, through the courts and laboratories of Italy, France and Britain, to the battlefields of Holland and Ireland, and on to the tribal man-eating of the Americas, Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires argues that the real cannibals were in fact the Europeans. Picking our way through the bloodstained shadows of this remarkable secret history, we encounter medicine cut from bodies living and dead, sacks of human fat harvested after a gun battle, gloves made of human skin, and the first mummy to appear on the London stage. Lit by the uncanny glow of a lamp filled with human blood, this second edition includes new material on exo-cannibalism, skull medicine, the blood-drinking of Scandinavian executions, Victorian corpse-stroking, and the magical powers of candles made from human fat. In our quest to understand the strange paradox of routine Christian cannibalism we move from the Catholic vampirism of the Eucharist, through the routine filth and discomfort of early modern bodies, and in to the potent, numinous source of corpse medicine’s ultimate power: the human soul itself. Now accompanied by a companion website with supplementary articles, interviews with the author, related images, summaries of key topics, and a glossary, the second edition of Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires is an essential read for anyone interested in the history of medicine, early modern history, and the darker, hidden past of European Christendom.

Mummies and Death in Egypt

Author : Françoise Dunand
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801444722
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (447 download)

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Download or read book Mummies and Death in Egypt written by Françoise Dunand and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Today, a good century after the first X-rays of mummies, Egyptology has the benefit of all the methods and means at the disposal of forensic medicine. The 'mummy stories' we tell have changed their tone, but they have enjoyed much success, with fantastic scientific and technological results resolving the mysteries of the ancient land of the pharaohs."--from the Foreword Mummies are the things that fascinate us most about ancient Egypt. But what are mummies? How did the Egyptians create them? And why? What became of the people they once were? We are learning more all the time about the cultural processes surrounding mummification and the medical characteristics of ancient Egyptian mummies. In the first part of Mummies and Death in Egypt Françoise Dunand gives an overview of the history of mummification in Egypt from the prehistoric to the Roman period. She thoroughly describes the preparations of the dead (tombs and their furnishings, funerary offerings, ornamentation of the corpse, coffins, and canopic jars), and she includes a separate chapter on the mummification of animals. She links these various practices and behaviors to the religious beliefs of classical Egypt. In the second part of this book, Roger Lichtenberg, a physician and archaeologist, offers a fascinating narrative of his forensic research on mummies, much of it conducted with a portable X-ray machine on archaeological digs. His findings have revealed new information on the ages of the mummified, their causes of death, and the illnesses and injuries they suffered. Together, Dunand and Lichtenberg provide a state-of-the-art account of the science of mummification and its social and religious context.

A History of Egyptian Mummies

Author : Thomas Joseph Pettigrew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Egyptian Mummies written by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mummy

Author : Bram Stoker
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 161786496X
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Mummy written by Bram Stoker and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ancient Egypt, Queen Tera had herself mummified and she swore she would return to life. During an expedition to Egypt in 1947, Abel Trelawney and John Corbeck uncovered her tomb. Today, all is ready for her return. Tera's quest to fulfill her promise is brought into shocking detail in this striking graphic novel adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel. A creator biography and glossary help reluctant readers take the first step on the road to classic literature.

Mummies

Author : Shelley Tanaka
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9780810957978
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book Mummies written by Shelley Tanaka and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on the latest mummy finds from different cultures, climates, and time periods.

Sugar Mummies

Author : Tanika Gupta
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849438420
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Sugar Mummies written by Tanika Gupta and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2006-08-07 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jamaica: a sensual paradise where the sun, sea and sand are free but anything more comes at a price. Welcome to the 21st century where women travel across the world in search of sex, love, and liberation but the reality is that hard cash equals hard men. Toned torsos and slick sweet talk meets orange peel beneath the coconut trees in an exchange that leaves everyone short-changed. Sugar Mummies is a funny, provocative and revealing study of the pleasures and pitfulls of female sex tourism. It was a huge success at the Royal Court Theatre in August 2006, and proceeded to tour throughout the UK.

Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires

Author : Richard Sugg
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 113657736X
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires written by Richard Sugg and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires charts in vivid detail the largely forgotten history of European corpse medicine, when kings, ladies, gentlemen, priests and scientists prescribed, swallowed or wore human blood, flesh, bone, fat, brains and skin against epilepsy, bruising, wounds, sores, plague, cancer, gout and depression. One thing we are rarely taught at school is this: James I refused corpse medicine; Charles II made his own corpse medicine; and Charles I was made into corpse medicine. Ranging from the execution scaffolds of Germany and Scandinavia, through the courts and laboratories of Italy, France and Britain, to the battlefields of Holland and Ireland, and on to the tribal man-eating of the Americas, Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires argues that the real cannibals were in fact the Europeans. Medicinal cannibalism utilised the formidable weight of European science, publishing, trade networks and educated theory. For many, it was also an emphatically Christian phenomenon. And, whilst corpse medicine has sometimes been presented as a medieval therapy, it was at its height during the social and scientific revolutions of early-modern Britain. It survived well into the eighteenth century, and amongst the poor it lingered stubbornly on into the time of Queen Victoria. This innovative book brings to life a little known and often disturbing part of human history.

Mummies of the Pharaohs

Author : Maurice Bucaille
Publisher : St Martins Press
ISBN 13 : 9780312051310
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Mummies of the Pharaohs written by Maurice Bucaille and published by St Martins Press. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes medical and scientific findings resulting from the study of pharaonic mummies, discussing ancient diseases, Egyptian embalming methods, and the identities of the pharaohs mentioned in the Old Testament