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Ancient lives : new discoveries : eight mummies eight stories
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- Creator
- John H. Taylor and Daniel Antoine ; with Marie Vandenbeusch
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- English
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- London : British Museum, 2014
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- 192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780714119120, 0714119121
- OCLC
- ocn872705974
- Catalog of an exhibition at the British Museum from May 22-November 30, 2014.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 188) and index.
- Machine generated contents note: 1.A man preserved in the sand -- Natural mummification -- Diet and nutrition -- what did they eat? -- 2.A man embalmed for the afterlife -- The lost mummy of Henutmehyt: what canopic jars can reveal -- Disease and medicine -- 3.Tamut: a high-ranking priest's daughter -- 4.Padiamenet: a temple doorkeeper -- 5.Tjayasetimu: a young temple singer -- The cultural significance of hair and wigs -- 6.An unusual mummy from the Roman period -- 7.A young child from a wealthy family -- Childhood in ancient Egypt -- 8.A Christian woman from the Sudan