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Discovering ancient Egypt

DAVID Rosalie

Item #M12118

Facts on File, New York, 1994. First edition. In-8, 192 pages, 24 plates. Original cloth with dust-jacket, a fine copy. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Cornell Van Siclen III (VSX). Contents: Pharaonic sacred landscapes -- Go west: on the ancient means of approach to the Saqqara Necropolis / Aidan Dodson -- The Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara: narrative of a ritual landscape / Paul T. Nicholson -- The Manchester 'funeral' ostracon: a sketch of a funerary ritual / Peter Robinson -- The tomb of the 'Two Brothers' revisited / Steven Snape -- A review of the monuments of Unnefer, High Priest of Osiris at Abydos in the reign of Ramesses II / Angela P. Thomas -- Thoughts on Seth the con-man / Philip J. Turner -- A Psamtek ushabti and a granite block from Sais (Sa el-Hager) / Penelope Wilson -- Magico-medical practices in ancient Egypt -- A most uncommon amulet / Carol Andrews -- The sting of the scorpion / Mark Collier -- Magico-medical aspects of the mythology of Osiris / Essam El Saeed -- Trauma care, surgery and remedies in ancient Egypt: a reassessment / Roger Forshaw -- One and the same? An investigation into the connection between veterinary and medical practice in ancient Egypt / Conni Lord -- Bread and beer in ancient Egyptian medicine / Ryan Melcalfe -- On the function of 'healing' statues / Campbell Price -- Writings for good health in social context: Middle and New Kingdom comparisons / Stephen Quirke -- Schistosomiasis, ancient and modern: the application of scientific techniques to diagnose the disease / Patricia Rutherford -- An unusual funerary figurine of the early 18th Dynasty / John II. Taylor -- Understanding Egyptian mummies -- The biology of ancient Egyptians and Nubians / Don Brothwell -- Further thoughts on Tutankhamun's death and embalming / Robert Connolly, Glenn Godenho -- Proving Herodotus and Diodorus? Headspace analysis of 'eau de mummy' using gas chromatography mass spectrometry / David Counsell -- Science in Egyptology: the scientific study of Egyptian mummies, initial phase, 1973-79 / Alan Curry -- Slices of mummy: a thin perspective / John Denton -- Life and death in the desert: a bioarchaeological study of human remains from the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt / Tosha L. Dupras, Lana J. Williams, Sandra M. Wheeler, Peter G. Sheldrick -- An investigation into the evidence of age-related osteoporosis in three Egyptian mummies / Mervyn Harris -- The International Ancient Egyptian Mummy Tissue Bank / Patricia Lambert- Zazulak -- The enigma of the Red Shroud mummies / Robert D. Loynes -- The evolution of imaging ancient Egyptian animal mummies at the University of Manchester, 1972-2014 / Lidija M. McKnight, Stephanie Atherton-Woolham -- Eaten by maggots: the sorry tale of Mr Fuller's coffin / Robert G. Morkot -- Science and experimental approaches in Egyptology -- Scientific studies of pharaonic remains: imaging / Judith E. Adams -- Education, innovation and preservation: the lasting legacy of Sir Grafton Elliot Smith / Jenefer Cockitt -- Making an ancient Egyptian contraceptive: learning from experiment and experience / Rosalind Janssen -- Iron from the sky: the role of meteorite iron in the development of iron-working techniques in ancient Egypt / Diane Johnson, Joyce Tyldesley -- A bag-style tunic found on the Manchester Museum mummy 1770 / Susan Martin -- 'Palmiform' columns: an alternative design source / J. Peter Phillips -- Scientific evaluation of experiments in Egyptian archaeology / Denys A. Stocks -- Snake busters: experiments in fracture patterns of ritual figurines / Kasia Szpakowska, Richard Johnston. Language: English. This book ships from the USA, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (TXR). Relevant subjects: Egypt: Travelers & Egyptologists.

Language: English.

Price: € 15.00  other currencies

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