Egyptian Mummies and Modern Science (Hardcover)

Egyptian mummies have always aroused popular and scientific interest; however, most modern studies, although significantly increased in number and range, have been published in specialist journals. Now, this unique book, written by a long-established team of scientists based at the University of Manchester (England), brings this exciting, cross-disciplinary area of research to a wider readership. Its main aim is to show how this team's multidisciplinary, investigative methods and the unique resource of the Egyptian Mummy Tissue Bank are being used for the new major international investigations of disease evolution and ancient Egyptian pharmacy and pharmacology. It also assesses the current status of palaeopathology and ancient DNA research, and treatments available for conserving mummified remains. Descriptions of the historical development of Egyptian mummifications and medicine and detailed references to previous scientific investigations provide the context for firsthand accounts of cutting-edge research by prominent specialists in this field, demonstrating how these techniques can contribute to a new perspective on Egyptology.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2008
First published:	2008
Editors:	Rosalie David
Dimensions:	235 x 160 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	326
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-86579-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeological methodology & techniques Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Middle & Near Eastern archaeology > Egyptian archaeology
LSN:	0-521-86579-4
Barcode:	9780521865791

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