Conversations with Mummies - New Light on the Lives of Ancient Egyptians - Hardcover - Looks New!

Harper Collins 2000. Hardcover. Octavo 20cm by 20cm. In excellent condition, almost As New.

Editorial review: In this lavishly illustrated book, internationally acclaimed paleopathologist Rosalie David and writer Rick Archbold guide us through the fascinating world of Egyptian mummies and the international teams who study them. In an absorbing text, we meet ancient people from every walk of life -- from pharaohs to peasants -- and learn how they lived and why they died. High-tech autopsies -- using X-rays, CAT scans, and endoscopes -- uncover the agonizing afflictions that spared no one. And with electron microscopes and DNA testing, scientists can look deeper still, to reveal the secrets hidden inside three-thousand-year-old cells.