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New perspectives on the development of mummification and funerary practices during the pre- and early dynastic periods

Jana Jones

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    Abstract

    Microscopic analysis of textiles from burials dating to the earliest periods of Egyptian civilisation has shown surprising developments in funerary practices and beliefs. These include the use of resins some 2000 years before it is currently believed to have been used in mummification. The author has analysed textiles on site in Egypt for the ACE and various European missions, and in museum collections.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the ninth International Congress of Egyptologists = Actes du neuvième Congrès international des égyptologues, Grenoble 6-12 September 2004
    EditorsJean-Claude Goyon, Christine Cardin
    Place of PublicationLeuven
    PublisherPeeters
    Pages979-989
    Number of pages11
    ISBN (Print)9789042917170
    Publication statusPublished - 2007
    EventInternational Congress of Egyptologists (9th : 2004) - Grenoble, France
    Duration: 6 Sept 200412 Sept 2004

    Publication series

    NameOrientalia Lovaniensia analecta
    PublisherPeeters
    Volume150

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Congress of Egyptologists (9th : 2004)
    CityGrenoble, France
    Period6/09/0412/09/04

    Keywords

    • mummification
    • textiles
    • resins
    • Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt

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