Egyptian Mummies (Revised Edition) /anglais - Softcover

ANDREWS CAROL

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714121398 ISBN 13: 9780714121390

Publisher: BRITISH MUSEUM, 2005

Synopsis

Carol Andrews presents an illustrated account of how mummies were made, the religious beliefs which lay behind this practice, the ornate coffins and elaborate tombs which housed the bodies and the grave goods which accompanied them.

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About the Author

Carol Andrews has long been a member of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum. She is author of The Rosetta Stone and Catalogue of Egyptian Jewellery in the British Museum.

Review

When Ira Gershwin wrote the lyrics to "A Foggy Day," he expressed the ne plus ultra of London unhappiness with the words, 'The British Museum has lost its charm.' As a new series of paperbacks from Harvard University Press...demonstrates, such an unthinkable state must needs constitute the very slough of despond. The institution's vast range of artistic treasures is suggested by the titles in the series: The Elgin Marbles, Assyrian Sculpture, Clocks and Watches, Egyptian Sculpture, Roman Britain, and Egyptian Mummies. Each has numerous illustrations, [and] literate texts by Museum staff members. (Boston Sunday Globe)

Edition details

• Publisher: BRITISH MUSEUM
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714121398
• ISBN 13: 9780714121390
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 96