Egyptian mummies and modern science /

Egyptian mummies have always aroused popular and scientific interest; however, most modern studies, although significantly increased in number and range, have been published in specialist journals. Now, this unique book, written by a long-established team of scientists, brings this exciting, cross-d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: David, A. Rosalie (Ann Rosalie)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Mummies > Egypt.
Paleopathology > Egypt.
Medical archaeology > Egypt.
Mummies > pathology
Momies > Égypte.
Paléopathologie > Égypte.
Archéologie médicale > Égypte.
HISTORY > Ancient.
Medical archaeology.
Mummies.
Paleopathology.
Egypt
Egypt.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF MUMMIES
  • The Background of the Manchester Mummy Project / ROSALIE DAVID
  • Egyptian Mummies: An Overview / ROSALIE DAVID
  • PART 2: DIET, DISEASE AND DEATH IN ANCIENT EGYPT: DIAGNOSTIC AND INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES
  • Imaging in Egyptian Mummies / JUDITH E. ADAMS AND CHRISSIE W. ALSOP
  • Endoscopy and Mummy Research / KEN WILDSMITH
  • Dental Health and Disease in Ancient Egypt / JUDITH MILLER
  • Slices of Mummy: A Histologist's Perspective / JOHN DENTON
  • Palaeopathology at the Beginning of the New Millennium : a review of the literature / MARIA JEZIORSKA
  • The Use of Immunocytochemistry to Diagnose Disease in mummies / PATRICIA RUTHERFORD
  • DNA Identification in Mummies and Associated Material / PATRICIA RUTHERFORD
  • An Introduction to Analytical Methods / ANDREW P. GIZE
  • The Facial Reconstruction of Ancient Egyptians / CAROLINE M. WILKINSON
  • PART 3: THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE IN ANCIENT EGYPT
  • The Ancient Egyptian Medical System / ROSALIE DAVID
  • Intoxicants in Ancient Egypt? Opium, Nymphea, Coca and Tobacco / DAVID J. COUNSELL
  • Pharmacy in Ancient Egypt / JACQUELINE M. CAMPBELL
  • PART 4: RESOURCES FOR STUDYING MUMMIES
  • The International Ancient Egyptian Mummy Tissue Bank / ROSALIE DAVID
  • Conservation Treatment for Mummies / ANTONY E. DAVID
  • PART 5: THE FUTURE OF BIOMEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES IN EGYPTOLOGY
  • Biomedical Egyptology: Some Future Possibilities and Contributions / ROSALIE DAVID.

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