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Rosalie David, Eileen Murphy - Life and Times of Takabuti in Ancient Egypt, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

Life and Times of Takabuti in Ancient Egypt

Investigating the Belfast Mummy

Av Rosalie David, Eileen Murphy

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The mummy of Takabuti is one of the best known antiquities in the Ulster Museum, Belfast. Takabuti was a young woman who lived in Egypt during a tumultuous period, c. 600 BC. Her mummy was unwrapped and investigated in Belfast in 1835. While the focus of the book is on Takabuti, it shows how the combination of archaeological, historical and inscriptional evidence with multidisciplinary scientific techniques can enable researchers to gain a wealth of information about ancient Egypt. This not only relates to the individual historical context, ancestry and life events associated with Takabuti, but also to wider issues of health and disease patterns, lifestyle, diet, and religious and funerary customs in ancient Egypt.This multi-authored book demonstrates how researchers act as ‘forensic detectives’ piecing together a picture of the life and times of Takabuti. Questions addressed include – Who was Takabuti? When did she live? Where did she come from and where did she reside? What did she eat, and did she suffer from any diseases? Did she suffer a violent death, and how was she mummified and prepared for burial?
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2021-04-02
  • Mått: 189 x 246 x undefined mm
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 144
  • Förlag: Liverpool University Press
  • ISBN: 9781800348585
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Rosalie David is Emerita Professor of Egyptology at The University of Manchester. The focus of her career has been the establishment of a new university specialisation – biomedical research within the field of Egyptology – to provide a different approach to understanding the civilisation of ancient Egypt. She was the first Director of the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology at The University of Manchester until her retirement in 2012, and continues her research and teaching at the Centre. She is the author/editor of over 35 books and many journal articles, and has been consultant and contributor to several television documentaries. She has received Fellowships of The Royal Society of Arts and The Royal Society of Medicine, and in the New Year Honours List for 2003, she was awarded the OBE for services to Egyptology. Professor Eileen Murphy is a bioarchaeologist based in Queen’s University Belfast where she is also Co-Director of the Centre for Community Archaeology. Her research largely involves the study of burial practices and human skeletal remains from Ireland and Russia. She has had a long standing fascination with Takabuti since first visiting her in the Ulster Museum as a young child.

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'As a source of information regarding the various scientific methods of investigating ancient mummies, explained in language accessible to a lay audience, this book will prove invaluable.' J. Peter Phillips, Ancient Egypt Magazine

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