num_pages: 308
description: In How to Mellify a Corpse  Vicki Len brings her particular hybrid of history and humor to the entwined subjects of science and superstition in the ancient world from Athens and Rome to Mesopotamia the Holy Land Egypt and Carthage. Len covers subjects as diverse as astronomy and astrology philosophy and practicalities of life and death (including the titular ancient method of embalming) and ancient mechanical engineering. How to Mellify a Corpse of course invokes legendary thinkers (Pythagoras and his discoveries in math and music Aristotle's books on politics and philosophy and Archimedes' Eureka moment) but it also delves deeply into the lives of everyday people their understanding and beliefs.A feast for the curious mind How to Mellify a Corpse is not only for those with an interest in the it's for anyone who's inspired by the imagination and ingenuity humanity uses to understand our world.
language: English
title: How to Mellify a Corpse: and Other Human Stories of Ancient Science and Superstition
publisher: Walker & Company