The Mummy in Ancient Egypt
Equipping the Dead for Eternity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3966621 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William J Murnane, Ikram (0000-0001-6640-7055, American University in Cairo), Aidan Dodson (0000-0003-3754-2076) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 120 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 97 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | The mummy in ancient Egypt: Equipping the Dead for Eternity, Salima Ikram, 1998 |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/604889 |
| OpenAlex | W2087333231 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Mummies have gripped the popular imagination through highly publicized discoveries and macabre horror movies. But for the ancient Egyptians, mummification and a full set of magical machinery including a tomb, a sarcophagus, masks, amulets and canopic jars was essential to secure eternal life. This work comprises a survey of the entire panoply of Egyptian burial equipment over 3,000 years. Part 1 provides an overview of burial rites and tomb development, from the Giza pyramids to the Valley of the Kings and beyond. Great discoveries are documented, from Belzoni's early explorations to Tutankhamun's magnificent tomb and recent scientific detective-work using x-rays and CAT-scanners. Part 2 provides a detailed survey of changing burial practices during the pharonic era. The authors reveal the evolution of methods for treating the body. All important innovations are described, incorporating the latest research, some carried out by the authors themselves
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Eternity · Literature · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · History
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Pushing boundaries
An Udjat-eye amulet discovered at Dibbā al-Bayah (Sultanate of Oman)
Discerning Ancient Identity
The study of the animal remains from the Neferhotep Complex (17th-20th Dynasty, Valley of the Nobles, Luxor, Egypt)
Damage caused by insects during the mummification process
Multidisciplinary analysis of a mummified cranium claimed to be that of a medieval execution victim
Textos e imágenes sobre textiles de la dinastía XXII de la tumba UE 1018 en Dra Abu el-Naga
Análisis preliminar de momias de la Dinastía XXII de Dra Abu el-Naga y sus amuletos asociados
Children's Niche Graves of the 4th Century AD from Frontovoe 3 Cemetery
A Roman Time Burial of a Teenager with Dogs in Egyptian Fayum
Burial and the dead in ancient Egyptian society
From Egyptian Desert to Scottish Highlands - the radiographic study of a Twenty-Fifth Dynasty coffin and mummy bundle from the Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Scotland
GC-MS and PCA analyses of diterpenoids degradation state in 21 human mummies of Ancient Egypt dating from New Kingdom to Graeco-Roman Period
Libs utilization for the elemental analysis of black resin and gold used by ancient Egyptians in embalming
A Third Intermediate Period openwork piece of funerary equipment from the Chapel of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari
Human remains from the Tomb of Khety (MMA 508/TT 311) in North Asasif
[A Preliminary Analysis of Human Remains from Tomb MMA 514 in North Asasif, Egypt]
La cadena operativa de los talleres funerarios en el Egipto romano. Preparando la decoración de los sudarios
Feline mummies as a fertilizer. Criticisms on the destruction of archaeozoological remains during the 19th century
Multiple Burials in Ancient Societies
CT Scan of Nesmin from Akhmim
The Revival of the Festive Dress Type of Coffins in the Tomb of the Priests of Amun
A pregnant ancient egyptian mummy from the 1st century BC
Foodstuff placement in ibis mummies and the role of viscera in embalming
A prehistoric Egyptian mummy
Seven Egyptian Mummified Heads from the Collections of the Náprstek Museum
Inscribed Canopic Jars in the Czech Collections
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The mummy's curse
Unrolling Egyptian mummies in nineteenth-century Britain
Identifications of ancient E gyptian royal mummies from the 18th Dynasty reconsidered
Body height of mummified pharaohs supports historical suggestions of sibling marriages
The Cambridge History of Religions in the Ancient World
Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
Bitumen, ancient Egypt
Ikram, Salima
Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
Introduction to Volume II
Traditional Religion in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt
Roman Religion through the Early Republic
Religions of Roman Spain
Archaic and Classical Greek Religion
West African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals
The advantage of CT scans and 3D visualizations in the analysis of three child mummies from the Graeco-Roman Period
The Recently Discovered Sarcophagus of Ptahshepses at Saqqara
Study Mummification Technique on a Selected Group of Third Intermediate Period Mummies in Egyptian Meusem Using Ct Scanning as Non Destructive Tool
The Symbolism of Mud in Ancient Egypt
An Analytical Study of Magical Wax Figurines Found in the Mummy of Tjanefer From the Third Intermediate Era Using Ct Scanning as a Non-Destructive Tool
Cosmos de imagens
A Corpus of Ancient Egyptian Embalming Plates
Nacido de la tierra inmortal
The Fragment of Mummy-cover Inv. No. Ar–227 from the Lviv Museum of History of Religion
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Imaging the gods
From refuse to rebirth
Wild or domestic? A 3D approach applied to crania to revisit the identification of mummified canids from ancient Egypt
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |