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5.0 out of 5 stars From An Expert, May 29 2003

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This review is from: Egyptian Mummies (Paperback)

More than any Egyptologist Bob Brier knows mummies.The book opens with a polite rejection by his university to perform a
mummification on a human body based on ancient sources. Since the publication of the book Brier and a team of doctors has perfomed the procedure to determine if those descriptions were accurate. They were.
Brier's uses the mummy as a centerpiece to give us an overview of ancient Egyptian religion, culture and history. In later chapters the mummy as a pop icon in film and other media in modern times are discussed. Brier's writes in a lively style with the ocassional tongue in cheek that prevents the subject from ever becoming dull or boring. If you are looking for a book on mummies that also gives you a great introduction to ancient Egypt then you can do no better than this.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great book, Oct 14 2002

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This book is great fun and full of fascinating little details. It covers the process of mummification and interesting info about the history of Egyptology. I loved the stories about the archaeological finds at Saqqara and Deir el Bahri. My one complaint is the last chapter, which is a lame summary of mummies in modern fiction.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, July 12 2001

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This is a wonderful one stop volume on Egyptian mummies. Detailed and focused on the process of how the Egyptians developed mummification. The book begins with the memos between Dr. Brier and school administration on performing an actual human mummification on campus and then ends with the teaser that any further information on the modern mummification will be published elsewhere.

For anyone who has a fascination about mortuary practices, Ancient Egyptian history, and paleo-archaeology or even the developoment of Egyptian archaeological practices this book is for you. Broken down by dynasties Brier carefully provides information about the mummification process through those time periods while giving small doses of Egyptian history. Brier also has a nice section on the Mummy in movies and popular media which is a nice send off to the previous historical chapters.

It is a fascinating introduction and I could not put my copy down. The writing style is very readable and easy going. The only reason that I give it 4 stars is due to him not providing information on the modern mummifcation that he performed a few years ago. For further information on that mummification you have to find his article in Archaeology (Jan/Feb. 2001) or articles in the Journal of Physical Anthropology. After reading those articles I thought a chapter on that mummification would not have been out of place nor of too much strain on resources.

For those wanting to start an Egyptology section to their library this would be a fine edition and so would the Oxford history of Ancient Egypt.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Quirky and Brilliant
I read Dr. Brier's article on mummification in Discover magazine sometime in 2000, which led me to read this book. Read more

Published on Jan 19 2001 by momteacher

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good
I recieved this book three...maybe four years ago as a gift. At first, the photographs of actual corpses and mummified remains of people who lived thousands of years ago kind of... Read more