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  Egyptian Mummies (British Museum Paperbacks) (Paperback) By (author) Carol Andrews

  

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  Short Description for Egyptian Mummies Why did the Egyptians try to preserve their dead for eternity? How did they succeed? Carol Andrews answers these questions in a fully illustrated survey of the techniques of mummification, the religious beliefs that lay behind the practice, the ornate coffins and elaborate tombs that housed the bodies, and the grave goods that accompanied them.
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  • Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Published: 15 July 2004
  • Format: Paperback 96 pages
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  • Categories: Sociology: Death & Dying | African History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Archaeology
  • ISBN 13: 9780674013919 ISBN 10: 0674013913
  • Sales rank: 1,327,828

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• Why did the Egyptians try to preserve their dead for eternity? How did they succeed? Carol Andrews answers these questions in a fully illustrated survey of the techniques of mummification, the religious beliefs that lay behind the practice, the ornate coffins and elaborate tombs that housed the bodies, and the grave goods that accompanied them. She explains how animals also came to be embalmed and relates the curious role assumed by Egyptian mummies in European culture and mythology. This book has long proved fascinating reading; it is now available in an updated format.