Author: Aidan CockburnPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521589543
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
A readable and fascinating account of the story of mummification from around the world.
Mummies, Disease and Ancient Cultures
Author: Aidan CockburnPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521589543
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
A readable and fascinating account of the story of mummification from around the world.
Mummies, Disease & Ancient Cultures
Author: Aidan CockburnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mummies
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
The Scientific Study of Mummies
Author: Arthur C. AufderheidePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521818261
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
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Mummies, Disease, and Ancient Cultures
Author: Aidan CockburnThe Handbook of Mummy Studies
Author: Dong Hoon ShinPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9789811533532
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1171
Book Description
Owing to their unique state of preservation, mummies provide us with significant historical and scientific knowledge of humankind’s past. This handbook, written by prominent international experts in mummy studies, offers readers a comprehensive guide to new understandings of the field’s most recent trends and developments. It provides invaluable information on the health states and pathologies of historic populations and civilizations, as well as their socio-cultural and religious characteristics. Addressing the developments in mummy studies that have taken place over the past two decades – which have been neglected for as long a time – the authors excavate the ground-breaking research that has transformed scientific and cultural knowledge of our ancient predecessors. The handbook investigates the many new biotechnological tools that are routinely applied in mummy studies, ranging from morphological inspection and endoscopy to minimally invasive radiological techniques that are used to assess states of preservation. It also looks at the paleoparasitological and pathological approaches that have been employed to reconstruct the lifestyles and pathologic conditions of ancient populations, and considers the techniques that have been applied to enhance biomedical knowledge, such as craniofacial reconstruction, chemical analysis, stable isotope analysis and ancient DNA analysis. This interdisciplinary handbook will appeal to academics in historical, anthropological, archaeological and biological sciences, and will serve as an indispensable companion to researchers and students interested in worldwide mummy studies.
The Global History of Paleopathology
Author: Jane E. BuikstraPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195389808
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 817
Book Description
The first comprehensive global history of the discipline of paleopathology
Bibliography of the History of Medicine
Author: The Life and Times of Takabuti in Ancient Egypt
Author: Rosalie DavidPublisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1800345658
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The mummy of Takabuti is one of the best known antiquities in the Ulster Museum, Belfast. Takabuti was a young woman who lived in Egypt during a tumultuous period, c. 600 BC. Her mummy was unwrapped and investigated in Belfast in 1835. While the focus of the book is on Takabuti, it shows how the combination of archaeological, historical and inscriptional evidence with multidisciplinary scientific techniques can enable researchers to gain a wealth of information about ancient Egypt. This not only relates to the individual historical context, ancestry and life events associated with Takabuti, but also to wider issues of health and disease patterns, lifestyle, diet, and religious and funerary customs in ancient Egypt. This multi-authored book demonstrates how researchers act as ‘forensic detectives’ piecing together a picture of the life and times of Takabuti. Questions addressed include – Who was Takabuti? When did she live? Where did she come from and where did she reside? What did she eat, and did she suffer from any diseases? Did she suffer a violent death, and how was she mummified and prepared for burial?
A History of Medicine: Primitive and ancient medicine
Author: Plinio PrioreschiPublisher:
ISBN: 1888456019
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 569
Book Description
Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology
Author: Paul T. NicholsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521452571
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
The book describes current research into all aspects of craftwork in ancient Egypt.