@article{347702, recid = {347702}, author = {Wieczorek, Alfried. and Rosendahl, Wilfried.}, title = {Mummies of the world /}, publisher = {Prestel :}, address = {Munich ;}, pages = {384 p. :}, year = {2010}, note = {Part of The German Mummy Project and the Dreams of Eternal Life exhibition, sponsored by the Curt Engelhorn Foundation for the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen.}, abstract = {The book reveals not only many of the techniques that ancient cultures used to preserve the bodies of the dead, but also the many natural processes leading to the preservation of bodies in desert sands, ice or acidic bogs, or even in attics. Nearly thirty scientific essays, with outstanding photographs and illustrations, bring together the latest research in mummy studies, with contributions from archaeology, anthropology, palaeopathology, biology and many other disciplines. With dignity and reverence, this volume shares the hidden information contained within the mummies.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/347702}, }