Mummies, magic and medicine in ancient Egypt : multidisciplinary essays for Rosalie David
| Weitere Verfasser: |
Price, Campbell.
Forshaw, Roger. Chamberlain, Andrew T. Nicholson, Paul T. David, A. Rosalie |
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2016.
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| Ausgabe: | First published |
| Umfang/Format: |
xxxvii, 475 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Rosalie David: a biographical sketch - Joyce Tyldesley My first meeting with Rosalie David - Kay Hinkley Part I: Pharaonic sacred landscapes 1. Go West: on the ancient means of approach to the Saqqara Necropolis - Aidan Dodson 2. Sacred animal necropolis at North Saqqara: narrative of a ritual landscape - Paul T. Nicholson 3. The Manchester 'funeral' ostracon: A sketch of a funerary ritual? - Peter Robinson 4. The tomb of the 'Two Brothers' revisited - Steven Snape 5. A review of the monuments of Unnefer, High Priest of Osiris at Abydos in the reign of Ramesses II - Angela P. Thomas 6. Thoughts on Seth the con-man - Philip Turner 7. A Psamtek ushabti and a granite block from Sais (Sa el-Hagar) - Penelope Wilson Part II: Magico-medical practices in ancient Egypt 8. A most uncommon amulet - Carol Andrews 9. The sting of the scorpion - Mark Collier 10. Magico-medical aspects in the myth of Osiris - Essam el-Saeed 11. Trauma care, surgery and remedies in ancient Egypt: a reassessment - Roger Forshaw 12. One and the same? An investigation into the connection between veterinary and medical practice in ancient Egypt - Conni Lord 13. Bread and beer in ancient Egyptian medicine - Ryan Metcalfe 14. On the function of 'healing' statues - Campbell Price 15. Writings for good health in social context: Middle and New Kingdom comparisons - Stephen Quirke 16. Schistosomiasis: ancient and modern. The application of scientific techniques to diagnose the disease - Patricia Rutherford 17. An unusual funerary figurine of the early Eighteenth Dynasty - John H. Taylor Part III: Understanding Egyptian mummies 18. The biology of ancient Egyptians and Nubians - Don Brothwell 19. Further thoughts on Tutankhamun's death and embalming - Robert Connolly and Glenn Godenho 20. Proving Herodotus and Diodorus? Head space analysis of 'eau de mummy' using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry - David Counsell -
- 21. Science in Egyptology: the scientific study of Egyptian mummies - initial phase 1973-79 - Alan Curry 22. Slices of mummy: a thin perspective - John Denton 23. Life and death in the desert: a bioarchaeological study of human remains from the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt - Tosha Dupras et al. 24. An investigation into the evidence of age-related osteoporosis in three Egyptian mummies. - Mervyn Harris 25. The Egyptian mummy tissue bank - Patricia Lambert-Zazulak 26. The enigma of the Red Shroud Mummies - Robert D. Loynes 27. The evolution of imaging ancient Egyptian animal mummies at the University of Manchester, 1972-2014 - Lidija M. McKnight and Stephanie Atherton-Woolham 28. 'Eaten by Maggots': the sorry tale of Mr Fuller's Coffin - Robert G. Morkot Part IV: Science and experimental approaches in Egyptology 29. Scientific studies of Pharaonic remains: Imaging - Judith E. Adams 30. Education, innovation and preservation: the lasting legacy of Sir Grafton Elliot Smith - Jenefer Cockitt 31. Making an ancient Egyptian contraceptive: Learning from experiment and experience - Rosalind Janssen 32. Iron from the sky: the role of meteorite iron in the development of iron-working techniques in ancient Egypt - Diane Johnson and Joyce Tyldesley 33. A bag-style tunic found on the Manchester Museum mummy '1770' - Susan Martin 34. 'Palmiform' columns: an alternative design source - Peter Phillips 35. Scientific evaluation of experiments in Egyptian archaeology - Denys A. Stocks 36. Snake busters: experiments in fracture patterns of ritual figurines - Kasia Szpakowska and Rich Johnston Index
