TY  - BOOK
AB  - 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.
AU  - Wieczorek, Alfried.
AU  - Rosendahl, Wilfried.
CN  - GN293
CN  - GN293
CY  - Munich ;
CY  - New York :
DA  - c2010.
ET  - English ed.
ID  - 347702
KW  - Mummies
KW  - Embalming
LA  - eng
N1  - Part of The German Mummy Project and the Dreams of Eternal Life exhibition, sponsored by the Curt Engelhorn Foundation for the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen.
N1  - "This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition "Mummies of the World", which tours selected venues in the United States from July 2010 through July 2013"--T.p. verso.
N2  - 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.
PB  - Prestel :
PB  - American Exhibitions :
PB  - Curt-Engelhorn-Stiftung für die Reiss-Engelhorn-Mussen,
PP  - Munich ;
PP  - New York :
PY  - c2010.
SN  - 9783791350301
SN  - 3791350307
SN  - 9783791362755 (pbk.)
SN  - 3791362755 (pbk.)
T1  - Mummies of the world /
TI  - Mummies of the world /
ER  -