Egyptian Mummies and Modern Science

Klappentext Cutting-edge perspectives on life and death in ancient Egypt, focusing on disease identification and evolution. Zusammenfassung A team of long-established scientists describe how their cutting-edge 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. Their research gives us new insight into ancient Egypt. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Mummies: 1. The background of the Manchester Mummy Project Rosalie David; 2. Egyptian mummies: an overview Rosalie David; Part II. Diet, Disease and Death in Ancient Egypt: Diagnostic and Investigative Techniques: 3. Imaging in Egyptian mummies Judith E. Adams and Chrissie W. Alsop; 4. Endoscopy and mummy research Ken Wildsmith; 5. Dental health and disease in ancient Egypt Judith Miller; 6. Slices of mummy: a histologist's perspective John Denton; 7. Palaeopathology at the beginning of the new millennium Maria Jeziorska; 8. The use of immunocytochemistry to diagnose disease Patricia Rutherford; 9. DNA identification in mummies and associated material Patricia Rutherford; 10. An introduction to analytical methods Andrew P. Gize; 11. The facial reconstruction of ancient Egyptians Caroline M. Wilkinson; Part III. The Treatment of Disease in Ancient Egypt: 12. The ancient Egyptian medical system Rosalie David; 13. Intoxicants in ancient Egypt? Opium, nymphea, coca and tobacco David C. Counsell; 14. Pharmacy in ancient Egypt Jacqueline M. Campbell; Part IV. Resources for Studying Mummies: 15. The International Ancient Egyptian Mummy Tissue Bank Rosalie David; 16. Conservation treatment for mummies Antony E. David; Part V. The Future of Biomedical and Scientific Studies in Egyptology: 17. Biomedical Egyptology: some future possibilities and contributions Rosalie David.

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• Authors: A. Rosalie Lambert-Zazulak David, Rosalie David, Rosalie (University of Manchester) David, Rosalie Lambert-Zazulak David
• Assisted by: A. Rosalie David (Editor), Rosalie David (Editor), Rosalie (University of Manchester) David (Editor), David Rosalie (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.02.2008
• EAN: 9780521865791
• ISBN: 978-0-521-86579-1
• No. of pages: 326
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient Egypt, Archaeological science, methodology & techniques, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology, Archaeological science, methodology and techniques