Divine Creatures
Subtitle: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: April 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9789774248580
Subjects: Customs; Egyptian archaeology; History - General History; History; History: World; Ancient Egypt; Ancient - Egypt; Archaeology; Middle East - Egypt; History / Ancient / Egypt; Animal remains (Archaeology); Egypt; Mummified animals
First sentence: For most people mummies are synonymous with Egypt.
Description: "For the first time, a series of studies on the different types of animal mummies, the methods of mummification, and the animal cemeteries located at sites throughout Egypt are drawn together in a definitive volume on ancient Egyptian animal mummies. Studies of these animals provide information not only about the fauna of the country, and indirectly, its climate, but also about animal domestication, veterinary practices, human nutrition, mummification technology, and the religious practices of the ancient Egyptians."--Jacket.