The mummy congress
Subtitle: science, obsession, and the everlasting dead
By: Heather Pringle.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
Subjects: Mummies; Human remains (Archaeology); Forensic anthropology; Physical anthropology; Body, Human -- Social aspects
Description: "When science journalist Heather Pringle was dispatched to a remote part of northern Chile to cover a little-known scientific conference, she found herself in the midst of the most passionate gathering of her working life - dozens of mummy experts lodged in a rambling seaside hotel, battling over the implications of their latest discoveries.

Infected with their mania, Pringle spent the next year circling the globe, stopping in to visit the leading scientists so she could see firsthand the breathtaking delicacy and unexpected importance of their work." "In The Mummy Congress, she recounts the intriguing findings from her travels, bringing to life the hitherto unknown worlds of the long-dead, and revealing what mummies have to tell us about ourselves."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-352) and index.