Mummification
This fascinating book gives readers a compelling look at the science and historical contexts behind mummification, and shows them through detailed photographs and creative illustrations the world of mummies up close!
Modern Mummies
The book includes a comprehensive study of the successful prolonged preservation of the human body, and delves into the law and science of modern mummification.
Mummified
This book takes you on a journey from Paris to London, Leicester and Manchester, from the apothecaries of the Middle Ages to the dissecting tables of the eighteenth century, and finally behind the screen of today’s computers, to revisit ...
The Scientific Study of Mummies
... mummified by Egyptians is itemized in Table 7.1 . Summary of anthropogenic animal mummification in Egypt Anthropogenic animal mummification in Egypt is an expression of totemism , a common cosmic view in antiquity that acknowledges the ...
Eternal Remains: World Mummification and the Beliefs that make it Necessary
... ........................................................ 45 15. A mummified Incan head at Pukara. ................................................................ 45 16. Tsantsa: A Jívaro shrunken head. ....................
Herd Health
... mummification occurs , there is no infection ; the fetus dies and becomes desiccated ( dried up ) . The exact cause of mummified fetus is not known . One theory is that mechanical injury may bring about a separation of the maternal ...
Modern Mummies
... mummified face may allow reconstruction through an artist's sketch or Identi - Kit meth- ods . Mummified fingers can be fingerprinted after being soaked in warm water and in- jected subcutaneously with water or glycerol to raise the ...
Mummies and Death in Egypt
In the second part of this book, Roger Lichtenberg, a physician and archaeologist, offers a fascinating narrative of his forensic research on mummies, much of it conducted with a portable X-ray machine on archaeological digs.
Mummies
Discusses the history of mummifying bodies and the movies, myths and legends that came about from this practice.
The Encyclopedia of Preserved People
An encyclopedia of facts about preserved people from around the world, including Egyptian mummies, bog bodies, Einstein's brain, and the Ice Man.
Secrets of the Mummies
Describes the ancient Egyptian practice of preserving the dead through the process of mummification and explains what scientists have learned from unwrapping and examining mummies.
Christian Mummification
... mummified. The reasons why cannot be adequately explained. Another strange form of mummification has been dubbed incorruptibility by some, and it refers to mummification that occurs because of spiritual attainment. There is no sci ...
The Manchester Museum Mummy Project
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Human Mummies
On 15-17 September, 1993, Innsbruck, Austria, search. Another remarkable case, that of the pre-Colum hosted the International Mummy Symposium.
Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians
... Mummified Body from Chile . The naturally mummified body shown in Plate x was found in a copper mine at Chuquicamata , province of Antofagasta , Chile . The condition of the body shows that the unfortunate miner , prob- ably a man , was ...
Über die sclerotienkrankheit der vaccinieen-beeren
... mummified fruits , in which in completely dried up fruit flesh a pseudoparenchymatous cartilagenous also sclerotia formed fungus tissue was present . Small gonidial chains were to be found on the leaves or stems of these cherry trees ...
Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics
... mummified fætus about 9 inches long and closely invested by the fœtal membranes . This shrunken fœtus was surrounded by a large quantity of brownish , thick , extremely tough tenacious exudate . As I was aware that epizootic abortion ...
Peking Society of Natural History Bulletin
... mummified fruit .. .. .. .. .. .. May 18 May 3 .. .. .. May 30 June 7 Adults emerging from mummified fruit .. June 4 June 15 Adults mating .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. June 6 June 22 Second generation . Eggs laid on fruit ...
Naturalist
... mummified , and in fact we get some interesting specimens of Ptilophyllum ( sometimes called Williamsonia ) fronds from Cloughton Wyke . In these examples the soft tissues must have shrivelled before being buried , for little but ...
The Science and Art of Obstetrics
... mummified , or disintegrated , and its remains are retained in utero for months , or even years . The cause of this is supposed to be absence of uterine irritability , obstructed labor , and unusually close adhe- sions of the placenta ...