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Egyptian Mummies and Modern Science

David, R.

In this volume the members of the Manchester Mummy project explain their work in a manner accessible to those working outside the narrow field of biomedical Egyptology, synthesising the results of the application of modern scientific techniques to the study of mummies. The book is still a challenging read, but hugely rewarding, as the authors show just how much we can now determine about the lifestyle, diet, health, and deaths of individual Egyptians from their mummified bodies. Chapters also set out what mummies can tell us about Egyptian medical practices and their efficacy as well as ancient Egyptian use of intoxicants, where it looks as though much of the meagre evidence may tell us more about the habits of past archaeologists and owners of mummies than the Egyptians! 304p b/w illus, col pls (Cambridge UP 2008)

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