THE SCIENCE OF MUMMIES
Book ID/图书代码： 12749013B65366
English Summary/英文概要： What secrets lie beneath the wrappings of an ancient Egyptian mummy?
In recent years, British Museum curators have collaborated with scientists and medical experts to find new ways of studying ancient Egyptian mummies. Ever-developing, non-invasive scanning techniques have produced astonishing results, allowing us to understand more clearly how people lived and died in the ancient Nile Valley.
Piecing together key biographical data and information, it has been possible for the first time to discover more about who these people were in ancient Egyptian society, their status and beliefs. Eight significant mummies are ‘explored’, each carefully selected to tell a different story. They include a young female temple singer, an unknown man of high status, and a child from the Roman era. CT scans have revealed a wealth of information, such as the health problems that the individual must have suffered during life, age at death and sometimes cause of death, the manner of mummification and on occasion irregularities in the process.
Funerary objects are also highlighted for context: for example, non-invasive imaging of the contents of canopic jars; analyses of embalming substances, and identification of wood species and pigment types used in coffins. The majority of the material is drawn from the British Museum’s extensive Egypt and Sudan collections.
With over 200 specially commissioned photographs, The science of mummies sets out to shine a new light on the past.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 古埃及木乃伊的裹尸布下面隐藏着什么秘密？
近年来，大英博物馆馆长和科学家及医学专家合作，寻找研究古埃及木乃伊的新途径。不断发展的，非侵入性的扫描技术产生了惊人的结果，使我们能够更清楚地了解古老尼罗河谷的人们的生活和死亡。
拼凑关键的传记数据和资料，有可能在第一时间发现更多关于古埃及社会中的人的信息，他们的地位和信仰。本书探索了八具重要的木乃伊，每一具都讲述了不同的故事。它们包括一个年轻的女神庙歌手，一个地位很高的陌生男子，以及一个罗马时代孩子。CT扫描揭示了丰富的信息，如个人生活期间一定会遭受的健康问题，死亡年龄，有时甚至是死亡原因，木乃伊的方式以及在这个过程中的违规行为。
随葬品也强调了内容：例如对瓷罐中内容的非侵入性的成像；对防腐物质的分析，对棺材木材的品种和颜料类型的识别。大部分的材料都来自大英博物馆丰富的埃及和苏丹的收集品。
《木乃伊的科学》中拥有超过200张特别委托的照片，照亮了木乃伊过去的情况。(LNL)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 约翰•泰勒是大英博物馆专门研究古埃及丧葬考古学的策展人。他所撰写的书籍，包括《来世之旅》：古埃及亡灵书；《妈咪》：黑幕；《埃及木乃伊的法术》。
丹尼尔•安东尼负责博物馆人类遗骸的收集。他的专业领域包括人体骨骼的解剖结构，古疾病和硬组织生物。
John H. Taylor is a curator at the British Museum specializing in ancient Egyptian funerary archaeology. He is the author of numerous books including Journey through the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead; Mummy: the Inside Story; Spells for Eternity and Egyptian Mummies.
Daniel Antoine is responsible for the Museum’s human remains collection. His areas of expertise include the anatomy of the human skeleton, ancient diseases and hard tissue biology.
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