Egyptian mummies / Carol Andrews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andrews, Carol (Carol A. R.)

Contributor:

British Museum

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mummies--Egypt.

Mummies.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

96 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition, reprinted 2004.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.

Summary:

Thirty centuries ago most of the mummified bodies now lying linenwrapped in the British Museum were alive in ancient Egypt. Why did the Egyptians try to preserve their dead for eternity? How did they achieve it? Carol Andrews answers these questions in a fully 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. She explains how animals also came to be embalmed and relates the curious role assumed by Egyptian mummies in European culture and mythology.

Contents:

1 Why Mummies? 4

2 How Mummies Were Made 16

3 Jewellery and Amulets 38

4 Coffins and Sarcophagi 50

5 Funerals, Tombs and Burial Equipment 66

6 Animal and Historical Mummies 82

7 Mummies and Europe 88

The Dynasties of Egypt 92.

Notes:

On cover: British Museum.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0674013913

OCLC:

55762809