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MUMMY CONGRESS, THE

Science, Obsession And The Everlasting Dead

by Heather Pringle
language: english
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, May of 2002 ‧
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From the dusty origins of mummification in the deserts of South America and Africa to the latest technology hyped on the Internet by Utah's Summum Corporation (which promises mummification for millennia for a mere $62,000), "The Mummy Congress" investigates the allure of mummies. In 1998, ather Pringle visited the remote Chilean port of Arica for The World Congress on Mummy Studies. This book introduces us to the eccentric world of the researchers and academics who investigate such phenomena as the child mummies of the Chinchorro, preserved over 7000 years ago, animal mummies from Ancient Eygpt, the 19th-century Buddhist tradition of self-mummification to ward off decay, and the political mummification of 20th-century demagogues like Lenin and Eva Peron. Pringle also looks at the uses of mummies for today's historians and scientists and how much they tell us about ancient cultures. This research is sometimes bizarre, but often reveals fundamental truths.

MUMMY CONGRESS, THE

Science, Obsession And The Everlasting Dead

by Heather Pringle

Property Description
ISBN: 9781841151120
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date: May of 2002
Language: English
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 384
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > History > General History
EAN: 9781841151120
Recommended Minimum Age: Not applicable

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Heather Pringle

Heather Pringle é uma jornalista canadiana que escreve sobre ciência e, sobretudo, arqueologia. Antes de se dedicar à escrita, foi investigadora num museu e editora de livros. O Delírio Nazi (título original: The Master Plan: Himmler’s Scholars and the Holocaust), sobre as tentativas pseudocientíficas de Himmler para provar a superioridade de uma alegada raça ariana, ganhou o prémio de não ficção Hubert Evans. A autora publicou ainda o livro The Mummy Congress – Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead, e assinou artigos para as revistas National Geographic e Archaeology.

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