Mummies, Magic and Medicine in Ancient Egypt

Multidisciplinary Essays for Rosalie David

Joyce Tyldesley author Robert Morkot author Andrew Chamberlain editor Roger Forshaw editor Campbell Price editor Paul Nicholson editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Manchester University Press

Published:20th Feb '18

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Mummies, Magic and Medicine in Ancient Egypt cover

This volume, published in honour of Egyptologist Professor Rosalie David OBE, presents the latest research on three of the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian civilisation: mummies, magic and medical practice. Drawing on recent archaeological fieldwork, new research on human remains, reassessments of ancient texts and modern experimental archaeology, it attempts to answer some of Egyptology's biggest questions: how did Tutankhamun die? How were the Pyramids built? How were mummies made?

Leading experts in their fields combine traditional Egyptology and innovative scientific approaches to ancient material. The result is a cutting-edge overview of the discipline, showing how it has developed over the last forty years and yet how many of its big questions remain the same.

‘It should be on every amateur and professional’s bookshelf, and it is published at an extremely reasonable price in view of the high quality of its academic contents and its production.’
Peter A. Clayton, Ancient Egypt, Vol 17, No. 97, Aug/Sept 2016

‘All in all the volume pays a honorific tribute the remarkable legacy of Professor Rosalie David by fully demonstrates the effectiveness of the multidisciplinary collaboration in Egyptology and the importance of adopting an integrative approach to the Egyptian material culture.’
Rogério Sousa, Lusitania Sacra (Portugal)

ISBN: 9781784992446

Dimensions: 240mm x 170mm x 37mm

Weight: 1134g

516 pages