Description: Further DetailsTitle: Modern MummiesCondition: NewSubtitle: The Preservation of the Human Body in the Twentieth CenturyEAN: 9780786428519ISBN: 9780786428519Publisher: McFarland & Co IncFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/30/2006Description: For many, a mummy is an Egyptian pharaoh, wrapped in cloth, found thousands of years later in a pyramid by archaeologists. But mummies need not be ancient. Modern-day mummies can be found under glass in special tombs built in their honor, in private collections where they have come to rest after decades on the carnival circuit, in dissecting rooms of medical schools, and in the basements of funeral homes waiting for decades to be claimed by the next of kin. Stories about the famous (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Ho Chi Minh, Eva Peron) and the not-so-famous (Leslie Hansell wanted her body mummified to bask in the sun rather than being buried in the cold ground) mummies are told here in great detail, along with a broader look at the history and process of mummification. 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Weight: 468gAuthor: Christine QuigleyGenre: Science Nature & MathTopic: HistoryRelease Year: 2006 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Modern Mummies
Title: Modern Mummies
Subtitle: The Preservation of the Human Body in the Twentieth Century
EAN: 9780786428519
ISBN: 9780786428519
Release Date: 10/30/2006
Release Year: 2006
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Science Nature & Math
Topic: History
Number of Pages: 271 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Modern Mummies : the Preservation of the Human Body in the Twentieth Century
Publisher: Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Subject: Archaeology, Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Death & Dying, General
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2006
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16.8 Oz
Subject Area: Social Science, Medical, History
Item Length: 10 in
Author: Christine Quigley
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
