The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead

By (author): "Heather Pringle"
Publish Date: January 1st 2001
The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead
ISBN0786884630
ISBN139780786884636
AsinThe Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead
Original titleThe Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead
The Mummy Congress takes us on a journey over five continents and back nearly 7,000 years. Pringle tells how mummies have been venerated as saints, fought over by politicians, collected as artistic treasures and investigated for clues to ancient civilization's drug use. In these pages lie child mummies of northern Chile, preserved household pets of ancient Egypt and the new crop of mummification services being hyped on the internet. A powerful and stimulating look at mummies, The Mummy Congress also turns our vision inwards towards our fears of mortality and our dreams of eternal life.