Mummies of the World: The Dream of Eternal Life - Hardcover

Alfried Wieczorek

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3791350307 ISBN 13: 9783791350301

Publisher: Prestel, 2010

Synopsis

Dignified, reverent and scholarly, this unique collection brilliantly enhances our educational, scientific and cultural landscape, as mummification provides a window into the lives, history and cultures of every major region of the world. This exhibition catalogue, will accompany the blockbuster exhibit Mummies of the World: The Dream of Eternal Life, the largest ever travelling exhibition of mummies and artefacts, which will include 70 human, animal and reptilian mummies gathered from the four corners of the world. This remarkable and compelling collection demonstrates the different processes of mummification and serves to educate readers as to their respective cultures. Included are ancient mummies and important artefacts from Asia, Oceania, South America and Europe, as well as ancient Egypt, and demonstrates how mummification can be a natural process; one which occurs in hot, dry desert sands, in eternal ice, in moors and bogs and even, amazingly, in dry cellars.

About this title

Product Description:

Embark on an exciting and historical journey around the globe, with mummies representing several continents and spanning thousands of years.

Review:

An exciting and educational reading --Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews Magazine (PER), June 2011

About this edition

• Publisher: Prestel
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 3791350307
• ISBN 13: 9783791350301
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 378
• Editor: Alfried Wieczorek, Wilfried Rosendahl