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Mummies, magic, and medicine in ancient Egypt : multidisciplinary essays for Rosalie David /
Combining approaches to ancient Egyptian religious expression, medical practice and the modern scientific study of human and material remains from Egypt and Sudan, this volume celebrates the multidisciplinary career of Professor Rosalie David OBE. The UK's first female Professor in Egyptology,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Pharaonic sacred landscapes
- Go west: on the ancient means of approach to the Saqqara Necropolis / Aidan Dodson
- The Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara: narrative of a ritual landscape / Paul T. Nicholson
- The Manchester 'funeral' ostracon: a sketch of a funerary ritual / Peter Robinson
- The tomb of the 'Two Brothers' revisited / Steven Snape
- A review of the monuments of Unnefer, High Priest of Osiris at Abydos in the reign of Ramesses II / Angela P. Thomas
- Thoughts on Seth the con-man / Philip J. Turner
- A Psamtek ushabti and a granite block from Sais (Sa el-Hager) / Penelope Wilson
- Magico-medical practices in ancient Egypt
- A most uncommon amulet / Carol Andrews
- The sting of the scorpion / Mark Collier
- Magico-medical aspects of the mythology of Osiris / Essam El Saeed
- Trauma care, surgery and remedies in ancient Egypt: a reassessment / Roger Forshaw
- One and the same? An investigation into the connection between veterinary and medical practice in ancient Egypt / Conni Lord
- Bread and beer in ancient Egyptian medicine / Ryan Melcalfe
- On the function of 'healing' statues / Campbell Price
- Writings for good health in social context: Middle and New Kingdom comparisons / Stephen Quirke
- Schistosomiasis, ancient and modern: the application of scientific techniques to diagnose the disease / Patricia Rutherford
- An unusual funerary figurine of the early 18th Dynasty / John II. Taylor
- Understanding Egyptian mummies
- The biology of ancient Egyptians and Nubians / Don Brothwell
- Further thoughts on Tutankhamun's death and embalming / Robert Connolly, Glenn Godenho
- Proving Herodotus and Diodorus? Headspace analysis of 'eau de mummy' using gas chromatography mass spectrometry / David Counsell
- Science in Egyptology: the scientific study of Egyptian mummies, initial phase, 1973-79 / Alan Curry
- Slices of mummy: a thin perspective / John Denton
- Life and death in the desert: a bioarchaeological study of human remains from the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt / Tosha L. Dupras, Lana J. Williams, Sandra M. Wheeler, Peter G. Sheldrick
- An investigation into the evidence of age-related osteoporosis in three Egyptian mummies / Mervyn Harris
- The International Ancient Egyptian Mummy Tissue Bank / Patricia Lambert- Zazulak
- The enigma of the Red Shroud mummies / Robert D. Loynes
- The evolution of imaging ancient Egyptian animal mummies at the University of Manchester, 1972-2014 / Lidija M. McKnight, Stephanie Atherton-Woolham
- Eaten by maggots: the sorry tale of Mr Fuller's coffin / Robert G. Morkot
- Science and experimental approaches in Egyptology
- Scientific studies of pharaonic remains: imaging / Judith E. Adams
- Education, innovation and preservation: the lasting legacy of Sir Grafton Elliot Smith / Jenefer Cockitt
- Making an ancient Egyptian contraceptive: learning from experiment and experience / Rosalind Janssen
- Iron from the sky: the role of meteorite iron in the development of iron-working techniques in ancient Egypt / Diane Johnson, Joyce Tyldesley
- A bag-style tunic found on the Manchester Museum mummy 1770 / Susan Martin
- 'Palmiform' columns: an alternative design source / J. Peter Phillips
- Scientific evaluation of experiments in Egyptian archaeology / Denys A. Stocks
- Snake busters: experiments in fracture patterns of ritual figurines / Kasia Szpakowska, Richard Johnston.