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The shadow king : the bizarre afterlife of king Tut's mummy / Jo Marchant.
Penn Museum Library - Egyptian Collection DT87.5 .M34 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marchant, Jo, 1973-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tutankhamen, King of Egypt.
- Tutankhamen.
- Tutankhamen, King of Egypt--Death and burial.
- Mummies--Conservation and restoration--Egypt.
- Mummies.
- Mummies--Conservation and restoration.
- Egypt--History--Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C.
- Egypt.
- History.
- Forensic sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Mass. : Da Capo Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- After resting undisturbed for more than three millennia, King Tut's mummy was suddenly awakened in 1922. Archaeologist Howard Carter had discovered the boy-king's tomb, and the soon-to-be famous mummy's story--even more dramatic than King Tut's life--began.
- Contents:
- Prologue: an archaeological adventure
- Tunnel of legends
- Clues by candlelight
- Opera of a vanished civilization
- Death on swift wings
- A brutal postmortem
- Palm wine, spices and myrrh
- Letters from Liverpool
- Secrets from blood and bone
- X-raying the pharaohs
- Living image of the lord
- Evil pyramids and murderous mold
- Sliced, diced, brought back to life
- The third door
- Fingerprints, forensics and a family tree
- DNA down the rabbit hole
- Spare ribs and hand kebabs
- Revolution
- Audience with the king
- Afterword: a brief window.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780306821332
- 0306821338
- 9780306821349
- 0306821346
- OCLC:
- 808413564
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