Mummies, Disease and Ancient Cultures

by Theodore A. Reyman, Aiden Cockburn, Eve Cockburn

Book Overview

To look upon a mummy is to come face to face with our past. This book presents the story of mummification as a practice worldwide. Mummies have been found on every continent, some deliberately... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521272378
• ISBN13: 9780521272377
• Release Date: May 1983
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating and thorough

This book is an excellent and multi-faceted exploration into the world of mummies and paleopathology. It is not a light read (if you're looking for that, try "The Mummy Congress" by Heather Pringle, which is a great intro) but it is thorough and absolutely fascinating. If you're not familiar with medical terms then you might want to look a few terms up as you read. Awesome book, highly recommended.

And the dead do speak....

This book was used as a text in a college course on Mummies. The amount of information is not daunting, but it is complete. Very interesting, and the author's are recognized authorities on the subject. Its a good read, especially if you want to separate the fact from fiction when learning about mummies.

A Facinating Journey Through Human History!!

I absolutely loved this book! The topic of mummies brings to mind Boris Karloff and the horror flicks. This book makes these amasing finds real...and HUMAN! I found the scholarship to be seemingly complete and accurate and even as a Lay-Person, I could understand what great amounts of information humankind was gleening from the mummies. In fact, I enjoyed reading this 2nd edition so much, I obtainined the 1st edition to have a look at "The Classic" work itself. A truly great adventure.