The Mummy Congress 
Subtitle: Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead
Publisher: Theia
Published: June 6, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780786865512
Subjects: Physical Anthropology; Human remains (Archaeology); Body, Human; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Mummies; Death & Dying; Social Science / Anthropology / Physical; Reading Group Guide; Anthropology - Physical; Archaeology; Forensic anthropology
First sentence: IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF scientific meetings, the Mummy Congress is a small, intimate affair, long on singular personalities and surreal slide shows and short on sophistication, hype, and ballyhoo.