Download or read book Horemkenesi written by D. P. Dawson and published by Bristol Museums and Art Gallery. This book was released on 2002 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 11th Century BC a 50 year old priest called Horemkenesi was buried at Deir el-Bahri. Three thousand years later Mummy Ha 7386 was systematically unwrapped by a team at the Bristol Museum. The story of how an official at the necropolis in Thebes came to the UK and how his life and death were reconstructed through painstaking scientific research is told in this, the final report on the 'Bristol Mummy Project'. The large-format, well-illustrated book is divided into five sections: 'The Mummy and its Coffin' includes a detailed list of the Bristol mummy collection and its provenance and chapters on the decoration and construction of the coffin; 'Taking off the wraps' describes the process of unwrapping, the textiles and the preparation of the body; 'The palaeopathology' includes DNA analysis, dental and skeletal details; 'The anthropology' describes comparative craniometric studies; 'From tomb to laboratory - the environmental evidence' describes the beetles found embedded in the bandages, the chemical composition of the resins and archaeobotanical evidence from the body cavity. Finally 'The Osiris Horemkenesi, justified' presents a dramatic reconstruction of the head and a synthesis.
Download or read book Unwrapping a Mummy written by John H. Taylor and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horemkenesi was an Egyptian priest and official who lived at Thebes in the eleventh century B.C. The unwrapping and scientific examination of his mummified body (the last such investigation to have been carried out in Britain) provided a rare opportunity to study the remains of a known historical figure using the most sophisticated technology and methods of analysis. By combining the results of this study with information from inscriptions on Horemkenesi's coffin and rock graffiti recording his work in the cemeteries of Thebes, it is possible to build up a fascinating picture of the life, death, and mummification of an ancient Egyptian. The first part of this book considers Horemkenesi's life and work against the backdrop of Upper Egypt in the troubled times of the early Twentieth Dynasty. The second part concentrates on the unwrapping of the mummy: its careful planning, how the delicate operation was carried out, and what discoveries were made. What did Horemkenesi look like? How old was he at death? What was the state of his health? Why did the embalmers not remove his brain, and why were his internal organs missing? These and other questions are answered in this stimulating book.
Download or read book Paleopathology of the Ancient Egyptians written by Lisa Sabbahy and published by American University in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated and expanded annotated bibliography presents and describes over 1,200 books, dissertations, excavation reports, and articles relevant to the paleopathology of the ancient Egyptians from the fields of Egyptology, physical anthropology, archaeology, and medicine, making it possible for scholars in these different fields to keep current with the latest finds and results. Each source has a short annotation explaining its relevant pathological information, so that scholars can ascertain whether or not any particular source is germane to their own research, and see what is being studied and published by others. In particular, this bibliography will be an immense help to scholars outside the field of Egyptology who want to know about the newest excavations with human remains. It will be indispensable to scholars as well as non-specialists who are intrigued by this area of study, particularly forensic pathologists, medical researchers, historians of medicine, and mummy enthusiasts.
Download or read book When We Die written by Prof. Cedric Mims and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unusually comprehensive study of death as both a social and scientific phenomenon, When We Die is as frank as it is informed. This far-reaching discussion considers mortality from the personal and the universal perspective, generously citing past and present poets and physicians from a diverse and telling range of traditions. Mims, who for two decades served as Professor of Microbiology at London's Guys Hospital, brings a humane, inquisitive, and learned sensibility to his topic. "This book is a light-hearted but wide-ranging survey of death, the causes of death, and the disposal of corpses," writes Mims. "It tells why we die and how we die, and what happens to the dead body and its bits and pieces. It describes the ways corpses are dealt with in different religions and in different parts of the world; the methods for preserving bodies; and the ways—fascinating in their diversity—in which corpses or parts of corpses are used and abused." The volume also explores such crucial death-based notions as the afterlife, the soul, and the prospect of immortality. By way of the book's main focus, Mims continues: "We should take a more matter-of-fact view of death (and) accept it and talk about it more than we do—as we have done with the once taboo subject of sex." This is a work that any student of social anthropology will find equally enlightening and essential.
Download or read book Archiv orient ln written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 3- include Bulletin of the Czechoslovak Oriental Institut, no. 1- .
Download or read book Radiocarbon and the Chronologies of Ancient Egypt written by C. Bronk Ramsey and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the findings of a major international project on the application of radiocarbon dating to the Egyptian historical chronology. Researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Cranfield in the UK, along with a team from France, Austria and Israel, radiocarbon dated more than 200 Egyptian objects made from plant material from museum collections from all over the world. The results comprise an accurate scientifically based chronology of the kings of ancient Egypt obtained by the radiocarbon analysis of short-lived plant remains. The research sheds light on one of the most important periods of Egyptian history documenting the various rulers of Egypt's Old, Middle and New Kingdoms. Despite Egypt's historical significance, in the past the dating of events has been a contentious undertaking with Egyptologists relying on various chronologies made up from archaeological and historical records. The radiocarbon dates nail down a chronology that is broadly in line with previous estimates. However, they do rule out some chronologies that have been put forward particularly in the Old Kingdom, which is shown to be older than some scholars thought. The research has implications for the whole region because the Egyptian chronology anchors the timing of historical events in neighbouring areas tied to the reign of particular Egyptian kings. The results will allow for more historical comparisons to be made in countries like Libya and Sudan, which have conducted radiocarbon dating techniques on places of archaeological interest in the past.
Download or read book The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Science in Egyptology written by Ann Rosalie David and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Ancient Egypt Volume 3 written by John Romer and published by Random House. This book was released on 2023-05-25 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final chapter in the definitive, three-volume history of the world's first known state Archaeologist John Romer has spent a lifetime chronicling the history of Ancient Egypt, and here he tells the epic story of an era dominated by titans of the popular imagination: the radical iconoclast Akhenaten, the boy-king Tutankhamun and the all-conquering Ramesses II. But 'heroes' do not forge history by themselves. This was also a time of international trade, cultural exchange and sophisticated art, even in the face of violent change. Alongside his visionary new history of this, the most famous period in the long history of Ancient Egypt, Romer turns a critical eye on Egyptology itself. Paying close attention to the evidence, he corrects prevailing narratives which cast the New Kingdom as an imperial state power in the European mould. Instead, he reveals - through broken artefacts in ruined workshops, or preserved letters between a tomb-builder and his son - a culture more beautiful and beguiling than we could have imagined. Romer carefully reconstructs the real story of the New Kingdom as evidenced in the archaeological record, and the result - the final volume of a life long project - secures his status as Ancient Egypt's finest chronicler.
Download or read book Weseretkau Mighty of Kas written by Deanna Kiser-Go and published by Lockwood Press. This book was released on 2023-03-15 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weseretkau "Mighty of Kas," honors the life and career of Professor Cathleen "Candy" Keller, a truly extraordinary teacher, scholar, Egyptologist, and polymath. The contributors to this volume were Professor Keller's students, friends, and colleagues. Though much of the research presented here centers around the honoree's two primary passions--Egyptian art and the study of the village of Deir el-Medina--the range of topics reflects her broad Egyptological interests, including religious organization, artistic technique, museum collections, textual analyses, historical events, and archaeological studies at sites throughout Egypt.
Download or read book Minerva written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reader s Digest the Truth about History written by and published by Readers Digest. This book was released on 2003 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of facts and details about historical happenings and famous people and uncovers the myth and misconceptions of some accounts as well as shedding light on those thought to be authentic.
Download or read book Standard Catalog for High School Libraries written by H.W. Wilson Company and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 1266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each vol. is divided into 2 parts 1st-7th ed.: Dictionary catalog and Classified catalog; 8th-9th ed. have 3rd. part: Directory of publishers.
Download or read book Egypt written by Joyce A. Tyldesley and published by BBC Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book will not only satisfy professional Egyptologists but also attract newcomers to the field."--Kent R. Weeks, author of The Valley of the Kings: The Tombs and the Funerary of Thebes West
Download or read book Senior High Core Collection written by Raymond W. Barber and published by H. W. Wilson. This book was released on 2007 with total page 1496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features annotations for more than 6,200 works in the main volume (2007), and more than 2,400 new titles in three annual supplements published 2008 through 2010. New coverage of biographies, art, sports, Islam, the Middle East, cultural diversity, and other contemporary topics keeps your library's collection as current as today's headlines.
Download or read book Artifacts from Ancient Egypt written by Barbara Mendoza and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primary source documents and detailed entries reveal what ancient Egypt was like, using the objects and artifacts of daily life from the period covering the Predynastic era through the Græco-Roman period (5000 BCE to 300 CE). Historians have found that valuable knowledge about long-ago civilizations can be derived from examining the simple routines of daily life. This fascinating study presents a collection of everyday objects and artifacts from ancient Egypt, shedding light on the social life and culture of ancient Egyptians. The work starts with a popular notion of ancient Egyptian beauty and gradually moves on to address various aspects of life, including home, work, communication, and transition and afterlife. Organized by topics, the work contains the following sections: beauty, adornment, and clothing; household items, furniture, and games; food and drink; tools and weapons; literacy and writing; death and funerary equipment; and religion, ritual, and magic. Each object holds equal importance and dates from the Predynastic era to the Græco-Roman period of ancient Egypt (5000 BCE to 300 CE). A special section provides guidance on evaluating objects and artifacts by asking questions—Who created it? Who used it? What did it do/what was its purpose? When and where was it made? Why was it made?—to help assess the historical context of the object.
