Scanning the Pharaohs (eBook)

CT Imaging of the New Kingdom Royal Mummies

Zahi Hawass, Sahar Saleem (Autoren)

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2015
376 Seiten
The American University in Cairo Press (Verlag)
978-1-61797-692-6 (ISBN)

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Named an Outstanding Academic Title of the Year by CHOICEA gripping analysis of the results of the groundbreaking imaging technology used to examine the royal mummies of the New Kingdom, now in paperbackEssential. A superb, semi-popular account of the results of CT imaging performed on several New Kingdom Egyptian royal mummies. . . . The results are sometimes surprising but always fascinating. . . . This book will be of great interest not only to scholars but to anyone else fascinated by Egyptian mummies.Choice[A] remarkable book. The scans are reproduced for all to see and an extensive section of color images provides information never before reported. The comprehensive bibliography is also a contribution. This volume sets a high standard for future scans of the mummies of ancient Egypt. Bob Brier, Journal of the American Oriental Society This publication is certainly a great step forward on the path to the discovery and understanding of the life and thought of the ancient Egyptians through multidisciplinary research on the royal mummies. Bretislav Vachala, Archiv OrientlnFascinating and well-organized . . . incredibly appealing. Imaging professionals and those who are interested in ancient history will find this book fascinating.Patti Hensel, Radiologic Technology

Inhalt

Chronology
Introduction
1 Radiographic Imaging of Royal Egyptian Mummies: Previous and Current Studies
2 The Story of the Royal Caches
3 The Discovery of the Mummy of Queen Hatshepsut, and Examination of the Mummies of Her Family
4 CT Examination of Selected Mid- to Late Eighteenth Dynasty Mummies
5 The CT-scan of the Mummy of Tutankhamun: New Evidence on the Life and Death of the King
6 The Two Fetuses Found in the Tomb of Tutankhamun
7 Investigations into King Tutankhamun's Family
8 The Search for the Mummy of Queen Nefertiti
9 The Nineteenth Dynasty
10 Dynasty Twenty: Ramesses III, Pentawere, and the Harem Conspiracy
11 CT Findings on the Mummification Process of Royal Ancient Egyptians, Eighteenth to Early Twentieth Dynasties
12 Amulets, Funerary Figures, and Other Objects Found on the Mummies
13 Faces of the Royal Mummies
Appendix: List of the Royal Mummies in the Cairo Museum
Glossary

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.12.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1922 • Abu Simbel • Ancient • Antiquities • Archaeologists May Have Found Egypt’s Oldest Mummy • archaeology • ART • Centenary • Classical • conservation • Discovery • Egypt • egyptologist • Eye of Horus • former antiquities minister • History • Howard Carter • kv-62 • Late Bronze Age • Lord Carnarvon • MENA • Middle Eastern • Mummy • Museum • Netflix • New Kingdom • North Africa • Preservation • Saqqara • Social Science • Thebes • The Lost Pyramid • tomb • Tutankhamen • Tutankhamun • tut-mania • tutmania • Unknown • Valley of the Kings • Zahi Hawass
• ISBN-10: 1-61797-692-X / 161797692X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61797-692-6 / 9781617976926