Egyptian mummies / Carol Andrews

By: Andrews, Carol [author]
Language: English Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 1998Description: 96 pages : illustrations; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0674013913; 9780674013919Subject(s): Archaeology. | Mummies -- Egypt. | Human remains (Archaeology) -- Egypt. | Customs. DDC classification: 393.3
Contents:
Why mummies? -- How mummies were made -- Jewellery [i.e. jewelry] and amulets -- Coffins and sarcophagi -- Funerals, tombs, and burial equipment -- Animal and historical mummies -- Mummies and Europe.
Summary: Andrews answers your questions about mummies, the religious beliefs which lay behind this practice, how animals came to be embalmed, and the role assumed by Egyptian mummies in European culture and mythology.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 91) and indexes.

Why mummies? --
How mummies were made --
Jewellery [i.e. jewelry] and amulets --
Coffins and sarcophagi --
Funerals, tombs, and burial equipment --
Animal and historical mummies --
Mummies and Europe.

Andrews answers your questions about mummies, the religious beliefs which lay behind this practice, how animals came to be embalmed, and the role assumed by Egyptian mummies in European culture and mythology.

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