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The Shadow King The Bizarre Afterlife of King Tut's Mummy. Cover Image E-book E-book

The Shadow King The Bizarre Afterlife of King Tut's Mummy

Marchant, Jo. (Author).

Summary: Unraveling the mysteries of Tutankhamun's mummy-a story of history, archaeology, crime, business, politics, and science

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  • ISBN: 9780306821349 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 0306821346 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: electronic resource
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    1 online resource (321 p.)
  • Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2013.

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Formatted Contents Note: Prologue: an archaeological adventure -- Tunnel of legends -- Clues by candlelight -- Opera of a vanished civilization -- Death on swift wings -- A brutal post-mortem -- Palm wine, spices and myrrh -- Letters from Liverpool -- Secrets from blood and bone -- X-raying the pharaohs -- Living image of the lord -- Evil pyramids and murderous mould -- Sliced, diced, brought back to life -- The third door -- Fingerprints, forensics and a family tree -- DNA down the rabbit hole -- Spare ribs and hand kebabs -- Revolution -- Audience with the king -- Afterword.
Subject: Tutankhamen -- King of Egypt
Tutankhamen -- King of Egypt -- Death and burial
Mummies -- Conservation and restoration -- Egypt
Forensic sciences
HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt
Egypt -- History -- Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C
Genre: Electronic books.

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