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Modern Mummies
- The Preservation of the Human Body in the Twentieth Century
Engelsk Paperback
Modern Mummies
- The Preservation of the Human Body in the Twentieth Century
Engelsk Paperback

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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.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
271
ISBN-13:
9780786428519
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0786428511
Udg. Dato:
24 okt 2006
Længde:
21mm
Bredde:
255mm
Højde:
205mm
Forlag:
McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato:
24 okt 2006
Forfatter(e):
Books from the same author
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