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Scanning the Pharaohs : CT imaging of the New Kingdom royal mummies

Title
Scanning the Pharaohs : CT imaging of the New Kingdom royal mummies / Zahi Hawass, Sahar N. Saleem ; edited by Sue D'Auria.
Author
Hawass, Zahi A.
Publication
  • Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2016.
  • ©2016

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Additional Authors
  • Saleem, Sahar N.
  • D'Auria, Sue
Description
xviii, 318 pages, 40 pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
Subject
  • Mummies > Radiography > Egypt
  • Mummies > Radiography
  • Egypt > Antiquities
  • Egypt
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-306) and index.
Contents
Radiographic imaging of royal Egyptian mummies : previous and current studies -- The story of the royal caches -- The discovery of the mummy of Queen Hatshepsut, and examination of the mummies of her family -- CT examination of selected mid- to late eighteenth dynasty mummies -- The CT scan of the mummy of Tutankhamun: new evidence on the life and death of the king -- The two fetuses found in the tomb of Tutankhamun -- Investigations into King Tutankhamun's family -- The search for the mummy of Queen Nefertiti -- The nineteenth dynasty -- The twentieth dynasty: Ramesses III, Pentawere, and the harem conspiracy -- CT findings on the mummification process of royal ancient Egyptians, eighteenth to early twentieth dynasties -- Amulets, funerary figures, and other objects found on the mummies -- Faces of the royal mummies -- Appendix: list of the royal mummies in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
Call Number
JFE 16-7366
ISBN
  • 9789774166730 (hardcover)
  • 9774166736 (hardcover)
LCCN
2016304219
OCLC
933536576
Author
Hawass, Zahi A., author.
Title
Scanning the Pharaohs : CT imaging of the New Kingdom royal mummies / Zahi Hawass, Sahar N. Saleem ; edited by Sue D'Auria.
Publisher
Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2016.
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-306) and index.
Added Author
Saleem, Sahar N., author.
D'Auria, Sue, editor.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-7366
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