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9780312280062

In Search of the Immortals : Mummies, Death and the Afterlife

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  • ISBN13:

    9780312280062

  • ISBN10:

    0312280068

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-08-25
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press
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Summary

Reid brings ancient cultures to life as he recounts his exploits of unearthing mummies the world over. Photos.

Author Biography

Howard Reid is a documentary filmmaker and anthropologist who, among other things, has spent several months living with the Tuareg people of North Africa and two years with hunter-gatherers in the Amazon basin. He has a Ph.D. from Cambridge University and has made many popular and award-winning films for the BBC and Channel 4 about ancient civilizations, religions and cultures around the world.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 1
The Old World
Central Asia: The Riddle in the Sandsp. 13
Siberia: Ice Mummies of the Nomadsp. 49
Northwest Europe: Bodies in the Bogsp. 79
Egypt: Land of Immortalityp. 105
Canary Islands: Last Mummy-Makers of the Old Worldp. 135
The New World
Between the Old World and the Newp. 175
Coastal Chile and Peru: The First Mummy-Makersp. 189
Coastal Peru: Valleys of the Deadp. 209
Peruvian Andes: In the Sacred Mountainsp. 245
Afterword: The Importance of Mummiesp. 283
The Ice Man of the Alpsp. 287
Bibliographyp. 291
Indexp. 299
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