Golden Mummies of Egypt : Interpreting Identities from the Graeco-Roman Period

Price, Campbell/ Thorne, Julia (ILT)

Manchester University Press（2023/03発売）

Manchester University Press（2023/03発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 248 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781526172716
• DDC分類 932.007442733

Full Description

Golden Mummies of Egypt presents new insights and a rich perspective on beliefs about the afterlife during an era when Egypt was part of the Greek and Roman worlds (c. 300 BCE-200 CE). This beautifully illustrated book, featuring photography by Julia Thorne, accompanies Manchester Museum's first-ever international touring exhibition. Golden Mummies of Egypt is a visually spectacular exhibition that offers visitors unparalleled access to the museum's outstanding collection of Egyptian and Sudanese objects - one of the largest in the UK.

Contents

Foreword - Esme Ward
1 Gold, Sex, Art, Death
2 Egypt, Europe and Manchester
3 Hawara
4 Aegypto Capta: Life in Graeco-Roman Egypt
5 Papyri and Provenance - Roberta Mazza
6 Scintillating Flesh: The Divine Deceased
7 Facing the Dead
8 Modern Technology and the Manchester Mummies - Iwona Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin
9 Receptions: Between Rapture and Revulsion
Index