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Golden mummies of Egypt / Campbell Price.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Manchester Museum (University of Manchester), creator.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manchester Museum (University of Manchester)--Exhibitions.
- Manchester Museum (University of Manchester).
- Egyptology--Exhibitions.
- Egyptology.
- Egypt--Antiquities, Roman--Exhibitions.
- Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (250 pages) : illustrations (colour), maps (colour), digital, PDF file(s)
- Edition:
- [New edition] / with new photography by Julia Thorne.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Based entirely on Manchester Museum's Egyptology collections It explores the Graeco-Roman Period (c. 300 BCE-200 CE) of Egyptian history, asking to what extent our modern image of Egypt as a land of gold, sex, art and death is representative of ancient concerns and realities.
- 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:
- Previous edition: 2020.
- At foot of cover title: Nomad Exhibitions.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781526172709
- 1526172704
- 9781526172723
- 1526172720
- OCLC:
- 1432028822
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