Mummy in Ancient Egypt: Equipping the Dead for Eternity - Hardcover

Ikram, Salima; Dodson, Aidan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500050880 ISBN 13: 9780500050880

Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 1999

Synopsis

Two experts in Egyptian mummification detail this ancient burial ritual, with examinations of the various burial practices, burial chambers, the burial objects or "machinery," and the modern detective work used to learn more about this way of death.

About this title

About the Author:

Salima Ikram is Assistant Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo. Aidan Dodson is Visiting Fellow in Archaeology at the University of Bristol.

From Scientific American:

Ikram, an Egyptologist, and Dodson, an archaeologist specializing in Egyptian funerary practices and aspects of dynastic history, combine to produce a comprehensive account of how Egyptian mummies were made, wrapped, adorned and sheltered for an afterlife. Their story covers 33 dynasties and a span of some 3,000 years, beginning about 3050 B.C. The 485 illustrations show tombs, mummies, the mummifiers' methods of embalming and many funerary accessories. "Everything," the authors say, "depended on the Egyptian belief in eternal life, and the need to provide for it." The account also traces the study of mummies from the often clumsy procedures of the 19th century to the x-rays, CT scans, endoscopy, scanning electron microscopy and DNA-testing techniques available today.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0500050880
• ISBN 13: 9780500050880
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352