Product details

Art.No:

97233

Author / Artist:

Wieczorek, Alfried, Michael Tellenbach und Wilfried Rosendahl (Hrsg.)

Title:

Subtitles / Reproduction:

Keyword:

Geschichte - Archäologie

Binding / Picture Size:

Broschur

Publisher:

Prestel

Place of publishing:

München

Year of publication:

2010

Book Details / Size:

4°, 384 S., unzählige Abb.

Condition:

Tadell.

Description:

Mummies are usually associated with Ancient Egypt. However, the fact that mummification practices also existed in numerous other cultures in Asia, the Americas and the Pacific region is demonstrated in the volume accompanying a large special exhibition at the Reiss-Engelhorn Museums in Mannheim. What religious and spiritual ideas are hidden behind the mummies of these cultures? The artificially prepared corpses are juxtaposed with the naturally preserved dead from moors, ice and desert. Whether artificial mummy or bog body - X-ray analysis, computer tomography, genetics and biochemistry answer questions about their individual age, sex, relationships, diseases, living conditions, eating habits, drug use and much more. Exhibition dates: 30 September 2007 to 24 March 2008 Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim (rem-mannheim.de); May 2008 to September 2008 Archäologisches Landesmuseum Schleswig, Schloss Gottorf. Text engl. Dieses Buch befindet sich in unserem Aussenlager; sollten Sie dieses im Laden abholen wollen, bitten wir Sie um vorgängige Nachricht.