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Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt
Salima Ikram
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Description for Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt
Paperback. A new look at animals and the afterlife in ancient Egypt, in an updated paperback edition. Editor(s): Ikram, Salima. Num Pages: 264 pages, 100 illus. incl. 60 in color. BIC Classification: JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
The invention of mummification enabled the ancient Egyptians to preserve the bodies not only of humans but also of animals, so that they could live forever. Mummified animals are of four different types: food offerings, pets, sacred animals, and votive offerings. For the first time, a series of studies on the different types of animal mummies, the methods of mummification, and the animal cemeteries located at sites throughout Egypt are drawn together in a definitive volume on ancient Egyptian animal mummies. Studies of these animals provide information not only about the fauna of the country, and indirectly, its climate, but ... Read more
The invention of mummification enabled the ancient Egyptians to preserve the bodies not only of humans but also of animals, so that they could live forever. Mummified animals are of four different types: food offerings, pets, sacred animals, and votive offerings. For the first time, a series of studies on the different types of animal mummies, the methods of mummification, and the animal cemeteries located at sites throughout Egypt are drawn together in a definitive volume on ancient Egyptian animal mummies. Studies of these animals provide information not only about the fauna of the country, and indirectly, its climate, but ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774166969
SKU
V9789774166969
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Salima Ikram
Salima Ikram is professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo, and has worked in Egypt since 1986. She has directed the Animal Mummy Project, co-directed the Predynastic Gallery project, and has served as co-director and subsequently director of the North Kharga Oasis Survey. Ikram has worked on several excavations throughout Egypt as well as in Turkey, Sudan, and ... Read more
Reviews for Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt
Easy to read and shatters a few myths along the way. This book explains all, is an excellent read, and is full of good up-to date and interesting details. A large bibliography enables those who want to research the subject further to find the right titles and authors.
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