Speak My Name : Investigating Egyptian Mummies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lord, Conni.

Magnussen, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mummies--Egypt.

Mummies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : Sydney University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"Speak my name so that I may live again" was often written on the walls of Egyptian tombs, imploring visitors to speak the names of the dead and make offerings on their behalf. These acts of continued remembrance sustained the dead in the afterlife. Speak My Name: Investigating Egyptian Mummies explores the coffins and mummies of Meruah, Padiashaikhet, Horus and Mer-Neith-it-es, who lived in Egypt between 1200 BCE and 100 CE and whose mummies and/or coffins are now in the Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney. A multidisciplinary team provides new insights into mummification and coffin manufacture in ancient Egypt through a combination of scientific and Egyptological methods, including CT imaging, skeletal analysis, radiocarbon dating, and digital modelling and illustration. Their discoveries illuminate the personhood of the individuals these mummies and coffins represent. Advances in technology allow us to respectfully learn about their daily lives, including nutrition, health and disease. Beautifully illustrated, Speak My Name demonstrates how science and archaeology work together to help us better understand the past. By studying the life and death of Meruah, Padiashaikhet, Horus and Mer-Neith-it-es, we speak their names again.

Contents:

Front Matter

Table of Contents

List of illustrations

Director's foreword

His Excellency the Consul General of Egypt

The Mummy Project at the Chau Chak Wing Museum

The Nicholson Collection at the University of Sydney

Mummification in ancient Egypt

Changing attitudes to mummified remains

Radiocarbon dating the Nicholson mummies

Mistress of the House, Chantress of Amun

The mummy in the coffin of Meruah

Beloved of the God

The mummy inside the coffin of Padiashaikhet

Justified

The mummy inside the coffin of Mer-Neith-it-es

A perfect burial

Creating The Mummy Room at the Chau Chak Wing Museum

About the contributors

Acknowledgements

References

Index

Back Matter.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Fraser, James Speak My Name

ISBN:

9781743328484

OCLC:

1350816877