Mummies, Magic and Medicine in Ancient Egypt Multidisciplinary Essays for Rosalie David

This volume, published in honour of Egyptologist Professor Rosalie David OBE, presents the latest research on three of the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian civilisation: mummies, magic and medical practice. Drawing on recent archaeological fieldwork, new research on human remains, reassessments of ancient texts and modern experimental archaeology, it attempts to answer some of Egyptology's biggest questions: how did Tutankhamun die? How were the Pyramids built? How were mummies made?

Leading experts in their fields combine traditional Egyptology and innovative scientific approaches to ancient material. The result is a cutting-edge overview of the discipline, showing how it has developed over the last forty years and yet how many of its big questions remain the same.

Info autore

Campbell Price is Curator of Egypt and Sudan at Manchester Museum; Roger Forshaw is Lecturer in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health at the University of Manchester; Andrew Chamberlain is Professor of Bioarchaeology at the University of Manchester; Paul Nicholson is Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University

Riassunto

This volume presents the latest research on three of the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian civilisation: mummies, magic and medicine. Drawing on recent archaeological fieldwork, new research on human remains, reassessments of ancient texts and modern experimental archaeology, it seeks to answer some of Egyptology's biggest questions. -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Campbell Price (Editore), Roger Forshaw (Editore), Andrew Chamberlain (Editore), Paul Nicholson (Editore), Price Campbell (Editore), Forshaw Roger (Editore), Chamberlain Andrew (Editore), Nicholson Paul (Editore)
• Autori: Campbell Price, Campbell Forshaw Price
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 30.04.2018
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Antichità; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali
• EAN: 9781784992446
• ISBN: 978-1-78499-244-6
• Numero di pagine: 516
• Categorie: MEDICAL / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, History of Medicine, Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology