Full name: Egyptian Mummies: Unraveling the Secrets of an Ancient Art

Author: Bob Brier Year: 1994 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780688146245 0688146244

Egyptian Mummies results from research done in preparation for the mummification of a human body, the first to be done in the Egyptian style in two thousand years. Through these studies, noted Egyptologist Bob Brier has unearthed the gripping stories of grave robberies and stolen mummies, the forgotten language of the pharaohs, and the tombs of the royal mummies. In an easily accesible and lively style, Brier uncovers the complete historical context of ancient Egyptian culture and offers a fascinating contemporary interpretation of it. Illuminating their mysteries, myths, sacred rituals, and heiroglyphic writing, Egyptian Mummies brings the ancients to life. Similar books: Conversations With Mummies by Rosalie David The Mummy in Ancient Egypt by Salima Ikram Mummies by Aliki The Egyptology Handbook by Emily Sands The Mummy by E. A. Wallis Budge Cultural Atlas of Ancient Egypt by John Baines The Egyptians by Cyril Aldred Ancient Egypt by David P. Silverman Red Land, Black Land by Barbara Mertz The Search For Ancient Egypt by Jean Vercoutter Secrets Of The Mummies by Harriet Griffey The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt by Richard H. Wilkinson Ancient Egypt by Ian Shaw The Encyclopedia of Mummies by Bob Brier Ancient Egypt by Giorgio Agnese Egyptomania by Bob Brier Dead Wake by Erik Larson The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson