EGYPTIAN MUMMIES - 1st Ed, 1924 - ANCIENT EGYPTOLOGY MUMMIFICATION DEATH BURIAL

EGYPTIAN MUMMIESBook Details + Condition: George Allen & Unwin Ltd (London). Scarce First British Edition, 1924. Quarto (9" x 11"). Original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to front cover and spine. 190 pages, with color frontis, 48 beautiful woodcuts by A. Horace Gerrard and K. Leigh-Pemberton, and 25 other illustrations. A fascinating overview of mummification in Ancient Egypt, with a comprehensive account of the technical processes and materials employed by the ancient Egyptian embalmers, along with a historical analysis of their modifications throughout the dynasties. Content includes:- The Death and Burial of an Egyptian- Egyptian Texts Relating to Embalming- Embalming According to Herodotus and Later Authors- Mummification in the Old and Middle Empires- Mummification in the XVIIIth to XXth Dynasties- Mummification in the XXist Dynasty- Mummification from the XXIInd Dynasty to the Decline- The Accessories of the Mummy- Mummification in Relation to Medicine a