| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-295) and index. |
| Contents |
PART 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF MUMMIES -- The Background of the Manchester Mummy Project / ROSALIE DAVID -- Egyptian Mummies: An Overview / ROSALIE DAVID -- PART 2: DIET, DISEASE AND DEATH IN ANCIENT EGYPT: DIAGNOSTIC AND INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES -- Imaging in Egyptian Mummies / JUDITH E. ADAMS AND CHRISSIE W. ALSOP -- Endoscopy and Mummy Research / KEN WILDSMITH -- Dental Health and Disease in Ancient Egypt / JUDITH MILLER -- Slices of Mummy: A Histologist's Perspective / JOHN DENTON -- Palaeopathology at the Beginning of the New Millennium : a review of the literature / MARIA JEZIORSKA -- The Use of Immunocytochemistry to Diagnose Disease in mummies / PATRICIA RUTHERFORD -- DNA Identification in Mummies and Associated Material / PATRICIA RUTHERFORD -- An Introduction to Analytical Methods / ANDREW P. GIZE -- The Facial Reconstruction of Ancient Egyptians / CAROLINE M. WILKINSON -- PART 3: THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE IN ANCIENT EGYPT -- The Ancient Egyptian Medical System / ROSALIE DAVID -- Intoxicants in Ancient Egypt? Opium, Nymphea, Coca and Tobacco / DAVID J. COUNSELL -- Pharmacy in Ancient Egypt / JACQUELINE M. CAMPBELL -- PART 4: RESOURCES FOR STUDYING MUMMIES -- The International Ancient Egyptian Mummy Tissue Bank / ROSALIE DAVID -- Conservation Treatment for Mummies / ANTONY E. DAVID -- PART 5: THE FUTURE OF BIOMEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES IN EGYPTOLOGY -- Biomedical Egyptology: Some Future Possibilities and Contributions / ROSALIE DAVID. |
| Summary |
Egyptian mummies have always aroused popular and scientific interest; however, most modern studies, although significantly increased in number and range, have been published in specialist journals. Now, this unique book, written by a long-established team of scientists, brings this exciting, cross-disciplinary area of research to a wider readership. It shows how this team's multidisciplinary, investigative methods and the unique resource of the Egyptian Mummy Tissue Bank are being used for the new major international investigations of disease evolution and ancient Egyptian pharmacy and pharmacology. It also assesses the current status of palaeopathology and ancient DNA research, and treatments available for conserving mummified remains. Descriptions of the historical development of Egyptian mummifications and medicine and detailed references to previous scientific investigations provide the context for firsthand accounts of cutting-edge research by prominent specialists in this field, demonstrating how these techniques can contribute to a new perspective on Egyptology. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mummies -- Egypt.
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Mummies. |
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Egypt. |
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Paleopathology -- Egypt.
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Paleopathology. |
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Medical archaeology -- Egypt.
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Medical archaeology. |
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Egypt. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
David, A. Rosalie (Ann Rosalie)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Egyptian mummies and modern science. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521865791 0521865794 (DLC) 2007020004 (OCoLC)131066178 |
| ISBN |
9780511378843 (electronic book) |
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051137884X (electronic book) |
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0511377959 (electronic book) |
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9780511377952 (electronic book) |
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0511376111 (electronic book) |
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9780511376115 (electronic book) |
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9780511499654 (ebook) |
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0511499655 (ebook) |
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1281243388 |
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9781281243386 |
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9780511377051 (electronic book) |
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0511377053 (e-book) |
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0521865794 (Cloth) |
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9780521865791 (hardback) |
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