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Egyptian mummies / by G. Elliot Smith and Warren R. Dawson ; with woodcuts by A. Horace Gerrard and K. Leigh-Pemberton and other illustrations.

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Egyptian mummies / by G. Elliot Smith and Warren R. Dawson ; with woodcuts by A. Horace Gerrard and K. Leigh-Pemberton and other illustrations.
Author
Smith, Grafton Elliot, 1871-1937
Publication
New York : Dial Press, 1924.

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Dawson, Warren R. (Warren Royal), 1888-1968
Description
189 p., 71 leaves of plates : ill.; 28 cm.
Subject
  • Embalming
  • Embalming > history
  • Anthropology, Cultural
  • Mummies
  • Funeral Rites > history
  • Paleopathology
  • Anthropology, Cultural > Egypt
  • Egypt
  • Egypt > Antiquities
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- The death and burial of an Egyptian -- Egyptian texts related to embalming -- Embalming according to Herodotus and later authors -- Mummification in the Old and Middle empires -- Mummification in the XVIIIth to XXth dynasties -- Mummificaiton in the XXIst dynasty -- Mummification from the XXIInd dynasty to the decline -- The accessories of the mummy -- Mummification in relation to medicine and pathology -- Conclusion.
OCLC
  • 3307890
  • SCSB-10176767
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library