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- PublisherAllen & Unwin
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 1865083283
- ISBN 13 9781865083285
- BindingHardcover
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CONVERSATIONS WITH MUMMIES: NEW LIGHT ON THE LIVES OF ANCIENT EGYPTIANS
Seller: GLOVER'S BOOKERY, ABAA, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 191 pp; Very minor shelf wear on DJ, otherwise like new. Dust jacket protected in clear Brodart cover. Seller Inventory # 91002
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Conversations with Mummies: New Light on the Lives of Ancient Egyptians
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Allen & Unwin /Madison Press Book, St Leonards, New South Wales, 2000
ISBN 10: 1865083283
ISBN 13: 9781865083285
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Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Photographic (illustrator). First Edition. Timeline, acknowledgements, credits, bibliography and index. Illustrated endpages showing hieroglyphics. The text is illustrated with black and white and colour photography and illustrations. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Colour photographic dustwrapper with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. In this book, paleopathologist Rosalie David introduces ancient Egyptians, via their mummies, from Pharaohs to labourers and tells their stories, and life in ancient Egypt. A little rubbing of the book corners and lower book edges. A little rubbing of dustwrapper edges and panels and there is a small splash mark to the top right-hand corner of the front panel. This is the first Australian edition. Size: Square Octavo. [9], 10 - 191, [1] pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Mummies; Egypt; Ancient (BC); Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 1865083283. ISBN/EAN: 9781865083285. Inventory No: 0125669. Seller Inventory # 0125669
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Conversations with Mummies: New Light on the Lives of Ancient Egyptians
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
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Paperback. Condition: Very good. Recent studies using state-of-the-art technology have shed new light on the lives of ancient Egyptians. X-rays, CAT scans and DNA tests now enable us to peer beneath the linen wrappings of mummies to learn about the individuals inside. In this highly readable and absorbing book we meet ancient people from every walk of life. For the first time we can confirm how these Egyptians lived and died. Included is a special feature on the art of mummification, plus a wealth of information on daily life in the time of the Pharaohs - all illustrated with photographs, diagrams and stunning illustrations. DJ; Heavy. 191 pages. Seller Inventory # 1141456
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Conversations With Mummies: New Light On The Lives Of Ancient Egyptians
Published by
Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2000
ISBN 10: 1865083283
ISBN 13: 9781865083285
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Seller: Marlowes Books and Music, Ferny Grove, QLD, Australia
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 191 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. Seller Inventory # 201988
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Conversations with Mummies: New Light on the Lives of Ancient Egyptians
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Allen & Unwin Madison Press, St Leonards NSW, 2000
ISBN 10: 1865083283
ISBN 13: 9781865083285
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Seller: Wormhole Books, Kunyung, VIC, Australia
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Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Australian. 191 pp. Extremely light wear to unclipped dustjacket. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Spine slightly canted. Internally as new. With black-and-white and colour illustrations. "Thanks to modern medical technology, scientists can actually peer beneath three-thousand-year-old linen wrappings to learn about the individuals preserved. Here, paleopathologist Rosalie David introduces us to ancient people from every walk of life -- from Pharaohs to laborers -- and allows them to tell us their stories." Size: Small Quarto. Publishers Review Copy. Seller Inventory # 007821
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Conversations with Mummies: New Light on the Lives of Ancient Egyptians
Published by
Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, NSW, 2000
ISBN 10: 1865083283
ISBN 13: 9781865083285
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Ripponlea Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 192pp., Pictorial full colour illustrated dustjacket with a tiny chip to top corner of rear panel and hint of rubbing to upper spine-end of jacket- covered in removable protective clear plastic, orig. black textured boards with gilt text to spine & front panel, egyptian illust. eps., col. frontis., preface by Rosalie David, prologue, col. & b/w plts. & text illust., full & dbl. page col. illust., aftermatter, timeline, ack., bibliog., index. Thanks to modern medical technology, scientists can actually peer beneath three-thousand-year-old linen wrapping to learn about the individuals preserved inside. Size: Wide Large Octavo. Book. Seller Inventory # 004786
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Conversations With Mummies: New Light On The Lives Of Ancient Egyptians
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Allen & Unwin & Madison Press; Sydney & New York 2000, 2002
ISBN 10: 1865083283
ISBN 13: 9781865083285
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Seller: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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24.5 x 22.0cms, 192pp, b/w & coloured illusts, fine hardcover & dustwrapper This book documents the archaeological research into the Egyptian pharoahs' and peasants' lives and deaths. It disusses their X-rays, CAT scans , DNA tests and endoscopes to uncover the afflictions that they all suffered. Seller Inventory # 105536
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CONVERSATIONS WITH MUMMIES New Light on the Lives of Ancient Egyptians
Published by
Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2000
ISBN 10: 1865083283
ISBN 13: 9781865083285
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First Edition
Seller: M. & A. Simper Bookbinders & Booksellers, WARRNAMBOOL, VIC, Australia
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Hardcover. First Edition. With many illustrations in colour and black & white, fine copy in fine dustjacket. This book documents the archaeological research into the Egyptian pharoahs' and peasants' lives and deaths. It disusses their X-rays, CAT scans DNA tests and endoscopes to uncover the afflictions that they all suffered; 250 x 230mm; 200 pages. Seller Inventory # 16942
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