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Divine creatures animal mummies in ancient Egypt

Salima Ikram

Cairo ; New York American University in Cairo Press, New York 2005

Localização: MAE - Museu Arqueologia e Etnologia    (DT62.M7 D618 ) e outros locais(Acessar)

  • Título:
    Divine creatures animal mummies in ancient Egypt
  • Autor: Salima Ikram
  • Assuntos: ANIMAIS (ARQUEOLOGIA) -- EGITO; EMBALSAMAMENTO -- EGITO; MÚMIAS -- EGITO; RITOS FUNERÁRIOS -- EGITO; ARQUEOLOGIA -- EGITO; ARQUEOLOGIA DA MORTE -- EGITO ANTIGO; Aufsatzsammlung
  • Notas: Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-257).
    Inclui referências bibliográficas (p. [230]-257)
  • Descrição: Divine creatures : animal mummies ; Manufacturing divinity : the technology of mummification / The sacred animal necropolis at North Saqqara : the cults and their catacombs / Bull cults / The cats of the goddess Bastet / Tuna al-Gebel : millions of ibises and other animals / The cult and necropolis of the sacred ram at Mendes / Sobek, Lord of the Land of the Lake / Protecting pets and cleaning crocodiles : the Animal Mummy Project /
    "For the first time, a series of studies on the different types of animal mummies, the methods of mummification, and the animal cemeteries located at sites throughout Egypt are drawn together in a definitive volume on ancient Egyptian animal mummies. Studies of these animals provide information not only about the fauna of the country, and indirectly, its climate, but also about animal domestication, veterinary practices, human nutrition, mummification technology, and the religious practices of the ancient Egyptians."--BOOK JACKET.
  • Editor: Cairo ; New York American University in Cairo Press, New York
  • Data de criação/publicação: 2005
  • Formato: xx, 257 p., [20] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm..
  • Idioma: Inglês

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