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When Science Sheds Light on History : Forensic Science and Anthropology.
"Did Richard the Lionheart really die from a simple crossbow wound, or was there foul play? Who are the two infants buried in Tutankhamun's tomb? Could a skull found in a tax collector's attic be the long-lost head of Henri IV? In When Science Sheds Light on History, Philippe Charlier...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Author's Preface to the English Edition; Preface; Foreword; Introduction; Part I. Prehistory; 1. Planet of the Wise: Tending Disabilities during Prehistory; 2. A Prehistoric Amputation: A Neolithic Amputation from Buthiers-Boulancourt; Part II. Antiquity; 3. The Story of the Mummy: The Proto-dynastic Egyptian Mummy of an Infant with Malaria; 4. Return of the Mummy: Tutankhamun's Fetuses; 5. Et in Argolide Ego: Earthquake Victims in Midea, Greece, in the 10th Century BC.
- 6. Urbi et Orbi: A Case of Down Syndrome in the Rome of Romulus and Remus (9th-6th centuries BC)7. Boulevard of Bones: The Etruscan-Celtic Necropolises of Monte Bibele and Monterenzio Vecchia (3rd Century BC); 8. Other People's Taste: Representing Deformity in Antiquity; 9. The Fire of God: Greek Cremations in Romania (3rd Century BC); 10. A Hero of Our Time: A Greek Cremation in the Louvre Museum; 11. Drunken Offense: A Case of Alcoholism in Antiquity; 12. Ancient Miracles: Accounts of Divine Cures in Greco-Roman Antiquity; 13. Domain of the Gods: Anatomical Ex-votos in Antiquity.
- 14. Memories from the House of the Dead: The Tortured of Fourni at Delos (2nd-1st Centuries BC)15. An Upside-Down Bone ... : Pathological Skeletons in Roman Romania (1st Century AD); 16. Bad Calculus: Urinary Calculus in a Roman Child (2nd Century AD); 17. Not a Word: A Malformed Mouth in Roman Gaul (2nd Century AD); 18. Resquiescat in Pace: A Lethal Trepanation and Another Successful One in Imperial Rome (2nd Century AD); 19. Atmosphere, Atmosphere ... : A Child's Mummy from the Fin-Renard in Bourges (2nd Century AD); 20. The Yellow Peril: "Fecal Peril" in Antiquity.
- 21. I Am Another ... : An Embryonic Tumor in Rome (3rd Century AD)Part III. Middle Ages; 22. Plague of ... : A Hormonal Disease in Byzantine Crete (7th Century AD); 23. Twisting the Neck of Received Wisdom: A Congenital Stiff Neck in Byzantine Crete (7th Century AD); 24. The Age of Tartar: Dental Tartar with Parasites; 25. The Lord of Anjou: The Tomb of Foulque Nerra III; 26. In the Odor of Sanctity ... : The Heart of Richard the Lionheart; 27. All Rotten! The Charnel Houses for Medieval Bodies; 28. An Anatomy Lesson: The Oldest Anatomical Dissection (13th Century).
- 29. The Magic Mountain: Human Diseases in the Greek Orthodox Art of Mount Athos30. With a Valiant Heart ... : The Mummy of Saint Rose; 31. A Vase in the Cranium: The Reliquary of Saint Afra (13th Century); 32. Trafficking in Reliquaries: The Fake Reliquaries of Joan of Arc (15th Century); 33. The "Dame de Beauté": Agnès Sorel (c. 1422-1450); Part IV. Renaissance to Modern Times; 34. Queen of Hearts: Diane de Poitiers (1499-1566); 35. The King's Body: The Embalming of the Kings of France (16th to 18th Centuries); 36. The Henri IV Affair: The Mummified Head of "Good King Henry."