Prepared for eternity : a study of human embalming techniques in ancient Egypt using computerised tomography scans of mummies /

Prepared for eternity : a study of human embalming techniques in ancient Egypt using computerised tomography scans of mummies /

Robert Loynes presents analyses of 60 CT scans of ancient Egyptian human mummies, collected from museums throughout the UK and continental Europe. The effect is that of performing 'virtual autopsies', allowing techniques of mummification to be examined. The historical age of the mummies ra...

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Main Author: Loynes, Robert (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2015]

Series: Archaeopress Egyptology ; 9.

Subjects:

Embalming > Egypt > History > To 1500.
Mummies > Egypt > History > To 1500.
Tomography.

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Call Number: DT62.M7

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