num_pages: 224
description: Background: Place/History/People/Animal cults/Pharaoh/Death/Ka, Ba &amp; Akh/Osiris myth/Universe/Creation myths/Popular &amp; state religion/Legacy of Egypt Mummification: Pre-dynastic burials/Early mummification attempts/Materials for mummification/Mummification process/ Examples of mummification/Mummified animals &amp; birds Funerary equipment: Shabtis/Osiris beds/Coffins &amp; sarcophagi/Amulets &amp; scarabs/Book of the Dead/Canopic jars &amp; chests/Soul houses/Hypocephali/Model boats Funerals &amp; tombs: Funeral procession/Funerary rites/Tomb/ Mastabas/Rock-cut tombs/Pyramids/Saff tombs/Pyramid texts &amp; funerary books/Tomb paintings/Contracts for eternity Tomb robbers: Economic conditions in Egypt/Tomb-robbing in antiquity/Modern tomb-robbers Amarna, Tutankhamun &amp; Tanis: Akhenaten &amp; the changed state religion/New artistic style of the Amarna period/Tutankhamun/Return to the old religion/Excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb  Mummies &amp; Europe: Mummies in medieval Europe/Early travellers in Egypt/Growth of superstition/Archeology &amp; scientific research
language: English
title: Mummies: Death and Life in Ancient Egypt
titlecomplete: Mummies: Death and Life in Ancient Egypt
genres: History, Egyptian Literature, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Collins for British Museum Publications Ltd