Egyptian Mummies and Modern Science

Name: Egyptian Mummies and Modern Science
Price: 29.85 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780521865791

ISBN-10: 0521865794

ISBN-13: 9780521865791

Edition: 2008

Authors: Rosalie David, Patricia Lambert-Zazulak

List price: $101.00

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

3 new & used from $29.85

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Egyptian mummies have always aroused popular and scientific interest; however, most modern studies, although significantly increased in number and range, have been published in specialist journals. Now, this unique book, written by a long-established team of scientists, brings this exciting, cross-disciplinary area of research to a wider readership. It shows how this team's multidisciplinary, investigative methods and the unique resource of the Egyptian Mummy Tissue Bank are being used for the new major international investigations of disease evolution and ancient Egyptian pharmacy and pharmacology. It also assesses the current status of palaeopathology and ancient DNA research, and…

Book details

List price: $101.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/4/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 326
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.25" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Rosalie David is Professor and Keeper of Egyptology at the Manchester Museum, University of Manchester. She has taught university courses on ancient Egyptian religion and has edited or authored more than twenty books.



List of Plates


List of Figures


List of Contributors


Acknowledgments


Preface




An Introduction To The Scientific Study Of Mummies



The background of the Manchester mummy project




Egyptian mummies: an overview




Diet, Disease and Death In Ancient Egypt: Diagnostic and Investigative Techniques



Imaging in Egyptian mummies




Endoscopy and mummy research




Dental health and disease in ancient Egypt




Slices of mummy: a histologist's perspective




Palaeopathology at the beginning of the new millennium: a review of the literature




The use of immunocytochemistry to diagnosc disease in mummies




DNA identification in mummies and associated material




An introduction to analytical methods




The facial reconstruction of ancient Egyptians




The Treatment of Disease In Ancient Egypt



The ancient Egyptian medical system




Intoxicants in ancient Egypt? Opium, nymphea, coca and tobacco




Pharmacy in ancient Egypt




Resources For Studying Mummies



The International Ancient Egyptian Mummy Tissue Bank




Conservation treatment for mummies




The Future of Biomedical and Scientific Studies in Egyptology



Biomedical Egyptology: some future possibilities and contributions



References


Index