X-raying the Pharaohs. / James E. Harris and Kent R. Weeks. Illustrated with photographs.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Harris, James E.
• Weeks, Kent R., author.

Contributor:

• Becker, Josoeph M., former owner.
• Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
• Cairo Cairo. al-Matḥaf al-Miṣri.
• University of Michigan. School of Dentistry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Mummies--Radiography--Egypt.
• Mummies--Radiography.
• Egypt--Antiquities.
• Egypt.
• Antiquities.

Penn Provenance:

• Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
• Becker, Joseph M. (former owner)

Physical Description:

195 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 4 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons 1973.

Contents:

• The Mummy-Clue to the Past
• The Making of the Mummy-Preparation for Eternity
• The Mummy Defiled-Tombs and Tomb Robbers
• The Pharaoh's Mummy-Examination of the Imperial Dead
• The Mortal Mummy-Examination of Kings and Priests.

Notes:

• Report of an expedition conducted at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, under the direction of the School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, with the cooperation of the School of Dentistry, University of Alexandria, and the Egyptian Antiquities Dept. of the Egyptian Museum.
• Contains Chronology and Kinship Charts.
• Includes "Reference Notes" and index.

Local Notes:

• Kislak Center copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph M. Becker, M.D. in 2011.
• Kislak Becker copy has dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

0684130165

OCLC:

609169