Mummies, disease & ancient cultures
2008
Book
By examining mummified bodies, scientists can gain insights into the lives, health, culture and deaths of individuals and populations long since extinct. This book presents the story of mummification as a practice worldwide.
Main title:
Mummies, disease & ancient cultures / edited by Aidan Cockburn, Eve Cockburn and Theodore A. Reyman.
Edition:
2nd ed.
Imprint:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Collation:
xxii, 402 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: 1980.Transferred to digital printing.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780521589543 (pbk)
Dewey class:
616.00932930.10285
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
346829