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Sto caricando le informazioni... Mummified: The Stories Behind Egyptian Mummies in Museumsdi Angela Stienne
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I really enjoyed the first part of Angela's book. The philosophical arguments about desecrating the remains of mummies by exhibiting them in museums really angered me. How does she know that this heightened worship by the masses, take the interest in Tutankhamun for example, isn't exactly what the ancient Egyptians were trying to achieve with their afterlife. Whilst I respect her opinion it was very one sided and didn't explore all angles of the argument. Still, I would recommend the book to those who have an interest in the topic. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Mummified explores the curious, unsettling and controversial cases of mummies held in French and British museums. From powdered mummies eaten as medicine to mummies unrolled in public, dissected for race studies and DNA-tested in modern laboratories, there is a lot more to these ancient remains than first meets the eye. This book takes you on a journey from Paris to London, Leicester and Manchester, from the apothecaries of the Middle Ages to the dissecting tables of the eighteenth century, and finally behind the screen of today's computers, to revisit the stories of these bodies that have fascinated Europeans for so long. Mummified investigates matters of life and death, of collecting and viewing, and of interactions - sometimes violent and sometimes emotional - that question the essence of what makes us human. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)393.3074Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore Social aspects of Death (Thanatology) Embalming, mummiesClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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