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Golden Mummies of Egypt : Interpreting Identities from the Graeco-Roman Period / Campbell Price ; with new photography by Julia Thorne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Price, Campbell, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Egyptology--Exhibitions.
- Egyptology.
- Manchester Museum (University of Manchester).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (243 pages) : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits, facsimiles; digital file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Golden Mummies of Egypt presents new insights and a rich perspective on beliefs about the afterlife during an era when Egypt was part of the Greek and Roman worlds (c. 300 BCE-200 CE). This beautifully illustrated book, featuring photography by Julia Thorne, accompanies Manchester Museum's first-ever international touring exhibition. Golden Mummies of Egypt is a visually spectacular exhibition that offers visitors unparalleled access to the museum's outstanding collection of Egyptian and Sudanese objects - one of the largest in the UK.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Foreword
- 1 Gold, Sex, Art, Death
- 2 Egypt, Europe and Manchester
- 3 Hawara
- 4 Aegypto Capta
- 5 Papyri and Provenance
- 6 Scintillating Flesh
- 7 Facing the Dead
- 8 Modern Technology and the Manchester Mummies
- 9 Receptions
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Map
- Acknowledgements
- Notes:
- This book was written to accompany Manchester Museum's first international touring exhibition, Golden Mummies of Egypt.
- Exhibition held at the North Carolina Museum of Art, March 6, 2021 – July 11, 2021.
- Print version: Manchester : Manchester Museum and Nomad Exhibitions, 2020.
- Description based on print version record and electronic publication, viewed March 13, 2023.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781526172709
- 1526172704
- 9781526172723
- 1526172720
- OCLC:
- 1432028822
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