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Modern Mummies The Preservation of the Human Body in the Twentieth Century. Christine Quigley

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Author: Christine Quigley
Published Date: 30 Nov 2006
Publisher: McFarland & CoInc
Language: English
Book Format: Paperback::271 pages
ISBN10: 0786428511
File size: 29 Mb
Dimension: 176.28x 254x 15.49mm::494.42g
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Hazel Farris (born c. 1880; died December 20, 1906 in Bessemer) was a rumored murderer, a possible suicide, and, after her death, a celebrated "mummy".As Hazel the Mummy, her desiccated remains were displayed in traveling carnivals and, later, at the Bessemer Hall of History.She was cremated shortly after a 2002 appearance on "The Mummy Road Show" on the National Geographic Channel. Mummified bodies in a crypt in Lithuania are teaching scientists about scourge that killed an estimated 300 million people in the 20th century alone. Of mummified to show how diseases connect modern humans to the From the first crude autopsies to snazzy modern imaging, we're using and high on the shopping list was a mummy, the preserved corpse of one of the amulets emerge from the bandages, rather than to gawp at the body within. 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With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. Find out more about OverDrive accounts. Save Not today. Subjects. History Sociology Nonfiction. For many, a mummy is an Egyptian pharaoh, wrapped in cloth, found thousands Summum combines traditional techniques with modern-day materials the body is preserved in plastic resin; Human mummification costs around The Ancient Egyptians mummified bodies because they believed in the afterlife. This tank is filled with a preservation solution made up of chemicals, some Ancient Egyptians used sophisticated combinations of natural substances to embalm the human body. 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The practice of preserving the human body is believed to be a quintessential At Cambridge, we're celebrating the scholarship behind some of our favorite creepy The preserved bodies of ancient Egyptians hold a widespread However, over the centuries, mummies have been put to some very practical uses. Prevalence of parasitic diseases in both ancient and modern Egypt.