Egyptian Mummies - Brossura

Andrews, Carol

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0674241525 ISBN 13: 9780674241527

Casa editrice: Harvard Univ Pr, 1984

Riassunto

Thirty centuries ago most of the mummified bodies now lying linen-wrapped in the British Museum were alive in ancient Egypt. Why did the Egyptians try to preserve their dead for eternity? How did they achieve it? Carol Andrews answers these questions in a fully illustrated account of how mummies were made, the religious beliefs which lay behind this practice, the ornate coffins and elaborate tombs which housed the bodies and the grave goods which accompanied them. She explains how animals also came to be embalmed and relates the curious role assumed by Egyptian mummies in European culture and mythology.

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• Editore: Harvard Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0674241525
• ISBN 13: 9780674241527
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 72