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Soulful creatures : animal mummies in ancient Egypt / Edward Bleiberg, Yekaterina Barbash, Lisa Bruno.
Penn Museum Library - Egyptian Collection DT62.M7 B55 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brooklyn Museum.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brooklyn Museum.
- Mummified animals--Egypt--Exhibitions.
- Mummified animals.
- Animals--Egypt--Religious aspects--History--Exhibitions.
- Animals.
- History.
- Egypt--Antiquities--Exhibitions.
- Egypt.
- Antiquities.
- Brooklyn Museum--Exhibitions.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 151 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Brooklyn, New York : Brooklyn Museum in association with D Giles Ltd, 2013.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Arnold L. Lehman
- Preface and acknowledgments / Edward Bleiberg
- A brief chronology of ancient Egypt
- How the ancient Egyptians viewed the animal world / Yekaterina Barbash
- Animal mummies : the souls of the gods / Edward Bleiberg
- The scientific examination of animal mummies / Lisa Bruno
- Appendix : Possible precursors to the animal cults / Yekaterina Barbash.
- Notes:
- Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt," organized by the Brooklyn Museum from its collections.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-147) and index of illustrations.
- ISBN:
- 9780872731745
- 087273174X
- 9781907804274
- 1907804277
- OCLC:
- 834397132
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