Mummies
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Adams: Egyptian Mummies. Paperback
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  • Egyptian Mummies. Paperback
  • by Barbara Adams
  • 64 pages, 49 illustrations. There is a section on the practice of animal mummification in the later periods with a chapter which summarises the modern research into the subject from Greek times up to the present day with an accompanying bibliography for each entry

Andrews: Egyptian Mummies. Paperback
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  • Egyptian Mummies. Paperback
  • Carol Andrews
  • 96 pages, with 45 colour and 45 bw illustrations, second edition, 1998. Carol Andrews presents an illustrated account of how mummies were made, the religious beliefs which lay behind this practice, the ornate coffins and elaborate tombs which housed the bodies and the grave goods which accompanied them.

Arriaza: Beyond Death. The Chinchorro Mummies of Ancient Chile. Cloth
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  • Beyond Death. The Chinchorro Mummies of Ancient Chile. Cloth
  • by Bernardo T. Arriaza
  • 176 pages, 54 text figures, 21 colour plates, 6 tables. 1995. Comprehensive study of 282 examples permits classification, description, and interpretation of mummification techniques and of details of health, diet, technology, settlement, and society between 5000 and 1700 BC. Argues that mummification was invented in Arica-Camerones region to insure continuity of life in the context of environmental uncertainty

Ashman: Make This Model Egyptian Mummy. Paperback
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  • Make This Model Egyptian Mummy. Paperback
  • by Iain Ashman
  • The complete model measures ca. 13,5 x 13 x 31 cm. 1994

Aufderheide: The Scientific Study of Mummies. Hardback
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  • Scientific Study of Mummies. Hardback
  • Arthur C. Aufderheide
  • 626 pages, 17 line diagrams 328 half-tones 6 colour plates. 2002. The fact that bodies decay after death has concerned humans throughout the ages. Many cultures have attempted to arrest this decay, so that bodies are preserved (or mummified) in a state as near to life as possible, but spontaneously mummified bodies are also found.

Barber: The Mummies of Ürümchi: Did Europeans Migrate to China 4,4000 Years Ago? Paperback
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  • Mummies of Urumchi: Did Europeans Migrate to China 4,4000 Years Ago? Paperback
  • by Elizabeth Wayland Barber
  • 240 pages, maps and other text illustrations, 16 pages colour illustrations, bibliography, index. 2000. A look at the incredibly well-preserved ancient mummies found in Western China describes their clothing and appearance, attempts to reconstruct their culture, and speculates about how Caucasians could have found their way to the feet of the Himalayan mountains.

Berger: Mummies of the Pharaohs: Exploring the Valley of the Kings. Hardback
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  • Mummies of the Pharaohs: Exploring the Valley of the Kings. Hardback
  • Melvin Berger and Gilda berger (National Geographic Society)
  • 66 pages, with numerous colour illustrations. 2001. Starting with the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb and its glorious treasures, the authors explore Egypt's entire Valley of the Kings, discussing the various tombs and their occupants.

Boessneck: Die Münchner Ochsenmumie. A5
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  • Münchner Ochsenmumie
  • Joachim Boessneck
  • 96 Seiten. 28 Tafeln mit über 200 Abbildungen. 1987

Brier: The Encyclopedia of Mummies. Paperback
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  • Encyclopedia of Mummies. Paperback. Printed on acid-free paper
  • by Bob Brier
  • vii, 248 pages, with many illustrations. 1998. Includes entries for famous and obscure mummies, mummification techniques, scientists and explorers who have made significant finds, and the cultural background of human preservation.

Colla: Conflicted Antiquities: Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity. Paperback
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  • Conflicted Antiquities: Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity. Paperback
  • by Elliott Colla
  • x, 345 pages. 2007

David: Egyptian Mummies and Modern Science. Hardback
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  • Egyptian Mummies and Modern Science. Hardback
  • Edited by Rosalie David
  • 326 pages, 4 tables. 2008. This unique book, written by a long-established team of scientists, brings this exciting, cross-disciplinary area of research to a wider readership.

Fischhaber: Mumifizierung im koptischen Ägypten. Eine Untersuchung zur Körperlichkeit im 1. Jahrtausend nach Chr.. Broschiert
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  • Mumifizierung im koptischen Ägypten. Eine Untersuchung zur Körperlichkeit im 1. Jahrtausend nach Chr.. Broschiert, ca. 21x29,5cm
  • Gudrun Fischhaber
  • 274 Seiten, mit Literaturverzeichnis. 1997

Hawass: The Valley of the Golden Mummies. The Greatest Egyptian Discovery since Tutankhamun. Cloth
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  • Valley of the Golden Mummies. The Greatest Egyptian Discovery since Tutankhamun. Cloth. Ca. 30x26 cm
  • By Zahi Hawass
  • 224 pages, 250 colour illustrations. 2000. Part I: Valley of the Golden Mummies. Part II: Egypt-Ancient to Greco-Roman. Part III: Excavations in Bahariya Oasis. In May 1996, a donkey stumbled into an opening in the sand in the Egyptian desert, revealing a vast multi-chambered tomb containing more than 10,000 mummies.

Ikram: Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt. Hardcover
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  • Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt. Hardcover
  • Salima Ikram
  • 242 pages, with glossary, index and with numerous illustrations. 2003. In Ancient Egypt, how you died was just as important as how you lived.  After all, your eternal existence was at stake.

Ikram: Divine Creatures. Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt. Cloth
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  • Divine Creatures. Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt. Cloth
  • edited by Salima Ikram
  • xxi, 257 pages, with 24 color plates, and numerous black-white illustrations. 2005

Lorenz, De constructie van het verleden. Een inleiding in theorie van de geschiedenis
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  • Constructie van het verleden. Een inleiding in theorie van de geschiedenis.
  • Ch. Lorenz. 400 bladzijden. 2001. 9e druk 2008. B.a.v. 3 boeken

Mahdy: Mummies, Myth and Magic in Ancient Egypt. Paperback
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  • Mummies, Myth and Magic in Ancient Egypt. Paperback
  • by Christine El Mahdy
  • 192 pages, with 22 colour and 133 black-white illustrations. 2002. Describes the origins and purpose of mummification, clears up misconceptions about mummies, and looks at recent scientific studies.

Mumien im Doppelpack: 1: Ägyptische Mumien. Unsterblichkeit im Land der Pharaonen. 2: Mumien. Der Traum vom ewigen Leben
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  • Mumien im Doppelpack: 1: Landesmuseum Württemberg Stuttgart: Ägyptische Mumien. Unsterblichkeit im Land der Pharaonen. 2: Wieczorek, Tellenbach, Rosendahl: Mumien. Der Traum vom ewigen Leben
  • Umschreibung: Sehe die Einzeltitel
  • 2 Bände statt Euro 59.80 nur Euro 45.00

O'Farrell: The Tutankhamun Deception: The True Story of the Mummy's Curse
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  • Tutankhamun Deception: The True Story of the Mummy's Curse. Paperback.
  • by Gerald O'Farrell
  • 302 pages, illustrations, maps, plan. 2002. This title claims that the tomb of Tutankhamun was actually discovered several years before the world was told of it. Was "the curse of Tutankhamun", perhaps a systematic way of getting rid of those who might have exposed the secret before those in charge were ready to reveal it?

O'Farrell: The Tutankhamun Deception: The True Story of the Mummy's Curse. Hardback
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  • Tutankhamun Deception: The True Story of the Mummy's Curse. Hardback
  • by Gerald O'Farrell
  • 302 pages, numerous illustrations, maps, plan, index, bibliography. This title claims that the tomb of Tutankhamun was actually discovered several years before the world was told of it. Was "the curse of Tutankhamun", perhaps a systematic way of getting rid of those who might have exposed the secret before those in charge were ready to reveal it?

Pace: Wrapped for Eternity: The Story of the Egyptian Mummy. Paperback
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  • Wrapped for Eternity: The Story of the Egyptian Mummy. Paperback
  • by Mildred Mastin Pace
  • 192 pages, many illustrations. 1998. Explores the mysteries of the mummification process, tomb robbing, x-raying of mummy bundles, and myths about mummies. "An outstanding book of the year"-The New York Times

Pringle: The Mummy Congress
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  • Mummy Congress
  • by  Heather Pringle
  • 368 pages, and 16 colour plates. 2001. This book introduces us to the eccentric world of the researchers who investigate such phenomena as the child mummies of the Chinchorro, preserved over 7000 years ago.

Smith: The Royal Mummies. Catalogue général des Antiquités Égyptiennes du Musée du Caire No's 61051 - 61100
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  • Royal Mummies: Catalogue général des Antiquités Égyptiennes du Musée du Caire Nos 61051 - 61100. Paperback
  • Elliott Smith. 188 pages text in English and French, 103 plates with photos. First published in 1912. Two were discovered in 1881 (at Deir el-Bahri) and 1898 (in the tomb of Amenophis II), containing the bodies of more then 50 kings, queens, lesser royals and nobles who lived in the second half of the second millennium BC.

Stewart: Mummie Cases and Inscribed Funerary Cones in the Petrie Collection. Paperback
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  • Mummie Cases and Inscribed Funerary Cones in the Petrie Collection. Paperback
  • H.M. Stewart
  • 83 pages, 25 Plates. 1986

Taylor: Mummy: The Inside Story. Paprback
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  • Mummy: The Inside Story. Paprback. 28x21cm
  • John H. Taylor. 48 pages, 71 colour and 29 bw illustrations. 2004. The 3,000 year-old mummy of the Egyptian priest Nesperennub has never been removed from its beautifully painted case, but now the latest non-invasive imaging technology has revealed what lies inside.

Taylor: Unwrapping a Mummy. The Life, Death and Embalming of Horemkenesi. Paperback
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  • Unwrapping a Mummy. The Life, Death and Embalming of Horemkenesi. Paperback
  • by John H. Taylor
  • 112 pages, many illustrations in black-white and colour. 1995

Wieczorek, Tellenbach, Rosendahl: Mumien. Der Traum vom ewigen Leben. Gebunden
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  • Mumien. Der Traum vom ewigen Leben. 24x28cm. Gebunden
  • Herausgegeben von Alfried Wieczorek, Michael Tellenbach und Wilfried Rosendahl
  • xviii, 378 Seiten mit 328 Farb- und 36 Schwarzweißabbildungen. 2007. Mumien verbindet man meistens mit dem Alten Ägypten. Dass es jedoch auch in zahlreichen anderen Kulturen Asiens, Amerikas und im Pazifikraum Mumifizierungs-praktiken gab, beweist der Begleitband zu einer großen Sonderausstellung in den Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen in Mannheim.

Württemberg Stuttgart: Ägyptische Mumien. Unsterblichkeit im Land der Pharaonen. Gebunden
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  • Ägyptische Mumien. Unsterblichkeit im Land der Pharaonen. 24 x 28 cm. Gebunden
  • Herausgegeben von Landesmuseum Württemberg Stuttgart
  • 335 Seiten, 398 Farb- und 34 sw Abbildungen. 2007. Der Katalog zur Großen Landesausstellung "Ägyptische ­Mumien, Unsterblichkeit im Land der Pharaonen" ermöglicht, das einzigartige Erbe dieser eindrucksvollen Kultur zu entdecken. Neben kostbaren Grabbeigaben verdeutlichen vor allem die Mumien die Sehnsucht nach Unsterblichkeit.