Editorial: Oxford University Press
Número de páginas: 224 págs. 21.0 x 14.0 cm
Fecha de edición: 22-04-2024
EAN: 9780197694046
ISBN: 978-0-19-769404-6
Precio (sin IVA): 22,72 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 23,63 €
As the world recently commemorated the hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, our fascination with the pharaoh begs for a balanced view. Most Egyptian tombs are not royal; most were never carefully cleared and documented; most have not had their occupants treated with respect or returned to their sepulchers; and most recovered mummies have not escaped the modern trafficking in ancient bodies and body parts. The story of Ankh-Hap, a Ptolemaic-era mummy seized in the nineteenth century from the infamous mummy-pits of Egypt, provides a salutary example of what most mummies have endured.