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<p>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. <p>-from the Foreword<p>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 th

Who reads Mummies and Death in Egypt?

Author

Franoise Dunand; Roger Lichtenberg; Jean Yoyotte; David Lorton

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801444722

Category

history

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

5 / 5 (5 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14