Book summaryReid travels the world over (Siberia, Chile, the Canary Islands) to explore the cultures and practices of mummy making. |
IN SEARCH OF THE IMMORTALS : Mummies, Death and the Afterlifeby REID, HOWARDFirst U.S. Edition
Book desription: New York: St. Martin's Press, 2001. pp: x, 307. Sixteen pages of colour photographs, maps. Bibliography, index. Small remainder mark to bottom edge. Inevitably ones mind jumps to Egypt when mummies are mentioned, however the author looks at mummies from Chile, from China's Taklamakan desert, from the peat bogs of northern Europe, from the Canary Islands, and at the Ice Man, found in 1990 in the Alps.. ISBN: 0312280068. First U.S. Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Archaeology, Egyptology, Mummies..
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