The world of mummies: from Ötzi to Lenin

Mummies are not just a phenomenon of ancient Egypt. Mummified corpses have also been discovered high in the mountains and the deserts of South America, in the ice of Greenland, in European churches and graves, in North European swamps and in Asia. The oldest mummies are nearly 9,000 years old while...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zink A
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pen & Sword Archaeology 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10863/7506