The Mummy in Fact, Fiction and Film (Paperback)

In 1922, when Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen, much of what was then known about mummies came from the writing of Greek historian Herodotus and from the paintings on the walls of Egyptian tombs. Even before 1922, the mummy had been the subject of fiction, with such writers as Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tackling the subject, and early films dating back to 1901. In this work, the authors present the religious, social and scientific aspects of mummies as well as an in-depth discussion of facts about them (largely Egyptian, but including other kinds of mummies). Then, how mummies are portrayed in fiction and in the movies is discussed, and stories and films in which the mummy is a focal character are listed.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2007
First published:	August 2007
Authors:	Susan D. Cowie • Tom Johnson
Dimensions:	254 x 180 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-7864-3114-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > History > African history > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Promotions
LSN:	0-7864-3114-8
Barcode:	9780786431144

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