Secrets of the dead mummies and other human remains from around the world
From ancient Egyptian mummies and European bog bodies to the plaster citizens of Pompeii, painted people of the Steppe, and Japanese self-mummifying monks, this book reveals what scientists and experts have uncovered about our ancestors' lives from the bodies they left behind. Find out what people o...
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Lincoln, MA :
Nosy Crow,
2025.
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Table of Contents:
- Introducing the dead
- Africa. Tutankhamun ; Ramses the Great ; Gebelein man ; Preserving the dead ; Life, death, afterlife ; Houses of the dead ; The Great Pyramid
- Americas. The Maiden of Llullaillaco ; The Chinchorro mummies ; Franklin's lost expedition
- Europe and the Middle East. Otzi the Ice Man ; The plaster citizens of Pompeii ; The Capuchin catacombs ; Bog bodies ; The Salt Men of Iran
- Asia. Beauty of Xiaohe ; Lady Xin Zhui ; The wet mummy ; Painted people of the Steppe ; The self-mummifying monks
- Secrets revealed, secrets kept
- Where they were found
- Glossary.
