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Mummified - The Stories Behind Egyptian Mummies in Museums

Hardcover • 2022 • English

Mummified - The Stories Behind Egyptian Mummies in Museums

By Angela Stienne

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Mummified explores the curious, unsettling and controversial cases of mummies held in French and British museums. From powdered mummies eaten as medicine to mummies unrolled in public, dissected for race studies and DNA-tested in modern laboratories, there is a lot more to these ancient remains than first meets the eye. This book takes you on a journey from Paris to London, Leicester and Manchester, from the apothecaries of the Middle Ages to the dissecting tables of the eighteenth century, a...Show more

Library and information sciences / Museology
Museology and heritage studies
Ethical issues and debates

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9781526161895

Published year

2022

Language

English

Original title

Mummified - The Stories Behind Egyptian Mummies in Museums

Format

Hardcover

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