Mummified - The Stories Behind Egyptian Mummies in Museums (Hardcover)

Mummified explores the curious, unsettling and controversial cases of mummies held in French and British museums. From powdered mummies eaten as medicine to mummies unrolled in public, dissected for race studies and DNA-tested in modern laboratories, there is a lot more to these ancient remains than first meets the eye. This book takes you on a journey from Paris to London, Leicester and Manchester, from the apothecaries of the Middle Ages to the dissecting tables of the eighteenth century, and finally behind the screen of today's computers, to revisit the stories of these bodies that have fascinated Europeans for so long. Mummified investigates matters of life and death, of collecting and viewing, and of interactions - sometimes violent and sometimes emotional - that question the essence of what makes us human. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Angela Stienne
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-5261-6189-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Museums & museology Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel & holiday guides > Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides Books > Travel > Travel & holiday guides > Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides
LSN:	1-5261-6189-3
Barcode:	9781526161895

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