About this title: To look upon a mummy is to come face to face with our past. This book presents the story of mummification as a practice worldwide. Mummies have been found on every continent, some deliberately preserved as with the ancient Egyptians using a variety of complex techniques, others accidentally by dry baking heat, intense cold and ice, or by tanning in peat bogs. By examining these preserved humans, we can get profound insights into the lives, health, culture and deaths of individuals and populations long gone. The first edition of this book was acclaimed as a classic. This readable new edition ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1980-11-27
ISBN-13:9780521230209ISBN:0521230209
Description: Good. No dust cover. Some shelf wear on cover, pages in good reading condition. Ships promptly in a padded mailer w/ delivery confirmation. read more
Edition: 2nd ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780521580601ISBN:0521580609
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. Ex-library Hardcover with glossy cover and the usual markings. It is in very good to fine condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 424 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780521230209ISBN:0521230209
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 0521230209. DJ shows some wear at extremities, front board has cup ring-text is clean and unmarked. Overall in VERY GOOD+ condition; To look upon a mummy is to come face to face with our past. This book presents the story of mummification as a practice worldwide. Mummies have been found on every continent, some deliberately preserved by use of a variety of complex techniques (as with the ancient Egyptians), others accidentally by dry baking heat, intense ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780521589543ISBN:0521589541
Description: Acceptable. Book has seen heavy use, but still a good reading copy. Unless specifically noted to the contrary, item may contain library markings; 100% of this purchase will support literacy programs through a nonprofit organization! read more
Edition: Ex Library
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, N Y
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780521230209ISBN:0521230209
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 243 pages. Many photos and illustrations. read more
Description: Cambridge Univ. Press: Cambridge 1980. 10.5 x 7.5", cloth, 340pp, illus, index, ex-library, moderate markings else vg in vg dw. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED INSIDE BY ONE OF THE AUTHORS, THE FAMED EGYPTIAN EXPERT AND ALL AROUND NICE GUY (and good customer or ours) WILLIAM H. PECK. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Description: Softcover. Brand new book. Presents the story of mummification as a practice worldwide. Mummies have been found on every continent, some deliberately preserved, as with the ancient Egyptians, using a variety of complex techniques, others accidentally by dry baking heat, intense cold and ice, or by tanning in peat bogs. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Description: Softcover. Brand new book. Presents the story of mummification as a practice worldwide. Mummies have benn found on every continent, some deliberately preserved, as with the ancient Egyptians, using a variety of complex techniques, others accidentally by dry baking heat, intense cold and ice, or by tanning in peat bogs. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Description: Softcover. Brand new book. Presents the story of mummification as a practice worldwide. Mummies have been found on every continent, some deliberately preserved, as with the ancient Egyptians, using a variety of complex techniques, others accidentally by dry baking heat, intense cold and ice, or by tanning in peat bogs. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV PR
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780521589543ISBN:0521589541
Description: Mummies have been found on every continent. By examining these preserved humans, we can get profound insights into the lives, health, cultures, and deaths of individuals and populations long gone. This new edition of a classic reference offers fascin... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, London
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780521230209ISBN:0521230209
Description: Near Fine in Very Good-DJ. Very minor shelf wear, owner embossment on ffep/halftitle, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear (focused at head and heel), reinforced inside by tape at head and heel, else bright and clean. Black coated cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, black endpages. Small 4to. 340pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index. Exceptional overview of various culture's practice and ritual of mummification and the stories such preservation can tell us ... read more
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