{"product_id":"mummified-angela-stienne-9781526161895","title":"Mummified: The Stories Behind Egyptian Mummies in Museums","description":"\u003cp\u003eMummified 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMummified 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Angela Stienne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526161893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526161895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.20d","brand":"Angela Stienne","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43982296875263,"sku":"9781526161895","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_782be14f-5978-4394-8e48-9d8cff1ce1e9.jpg?v=1683260340","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mummified-angela-stienne-9781526161895","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}