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McFarland Publishing, 1998. hardcover. fine no dust jacket. 8vo. 263pp. photo illustrated. brown boards with large photo of mummified body on front cover.. Family run used bookstore open to the public since 1988. 30 Years of Bookselling Experience backing the careful selection and description of each book we offer.
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Modern Mummies: the Preservation of the Human Body in the Twentieth Century Hardcover - 1998
by Quigley, Christine
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- Title Modern Mummies: the Preservation of the Human Body in the Twentieth Century
- Author Quigley, Christine
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub, Jefferson, North Carolina, U.S.A.
- Date 1998-04
- ISBN 9780786404926
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Modern Mummies. The Preservation of the Human Body in the Twentieth Century
by Quigley, Christine
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- Used - fine no dust jacket. 8vo. 263pp. photo illustrated. brown boards with large photo of mummified body on front cover.
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Modern Mummies. The Preservation of the Human Body in the Twentieth Century
by Quigley, Christine
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U.S.A./U.K.: McFarland & Company Inc., Publishers, 1998 « For many, a mummy is an Egyptian pharaoh, wrapped in cloth, found thousands of years later in a pyramid by archaeologists. But mummies need not be ancient. Modern-day mummies can be found under glass in special tombs built in their honor, in private collections where they have come to rest after decades on the carnival circuit, in dissecting rooms of medical schools, and in the basements of funeral homes waiting for decades to be claimed by the next of kin. Stories about the famous (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Ho Chi Minh, Eva Peron) and the not-so-famous (Leslie Hansell wanted her body mummified to bask in the sun rather than being buried in the cold ground) mummies are told here in great detail, along with a broader look at the history and process of mummification. The book includes a comprehensive study of the successful prolonged preservation of the human body, and delves into the law and science of modern mummification.» Slight…
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