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Published by Penguin Books, 2002
ISBN 10: 0140286691ISBN 13: 9780140286694
Seller: Zoom Books Company, Lynden, WA, U.S.A.
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Published by Hyperion Books, New York, 2001
ISBN 10: 0786865512ISBN 13: 9780786865512
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. 368 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Fine DJ. "When acclaimed 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. Pringle's journeys lead her to the lifelike remains of medieval saints entombed in Italy's grand cathedrals, eerily preserved bog bodies in the Netherlands bearing signs of violent and untimely slaughter, and frozen Inca princess glimpsed for the first time atop icy mountains. She learns of the extraordinary skills of ancient Egyptian embalmers capable of preserving bodies, in the words of one mummy expert, 'until the end of time'; of the horrifying sacrifices made by ancient South Americans to pacify their gods; and of the weird mummified parasites, preserved in the guts of millennia-old bodies, that still wreak havoc across the world today. Ranging from the famous excavation of Tutankhamen to tales of ascetic Japanese monks trying to mummify themselves, and from the Russians' terrified attempts to embalm the body of Stalin to the fleeting craze for public mummy unwrappings in nineteenth-century New Orleans, The Mummy Congress demonstrates that our own obsession with the preserved dead has a long and bizarre history. Packed with extraordinary stories and narrated with great humor and verve, The Mummy Congress is a compelling and entertaining journey into the world of the everlasting dead. / Heather Pringle is the author of The Mummy Congress. Her writing has appeared in Science, Geo, New Scientist, and Discover, where she is currently a contributing editor. She lives in British Columbia." - Publisher. Size: 8vo. Collectible.
Published by Hyperion, New York, 2001
ISBN 10: 0786865512ISBN 13: 9780786865512
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
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Published by Penguin Books, 2002
ISBN 10: 0140286691ISBN 13: 9780140286694
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
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Published by London : Fourth Estate, 2001
ISBN 10: 1841151114ISBN 13: 9781841151113
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 368 p., [16] p, of plates : ill ; 22 cm. Bibliography. Subjects: World Congress on Mummy Studies (3rd : 1998 : Arica, Chile). Third World Congress on Mummy Studies. Mummies. Embalming. 1 Kg.
Published by Hyperion, New York, 2001
ISBN 10: 0786865512ISBN 13: 9780786865512
Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Octavo in illus DJ; 368 p.; color plates,; 22 cm; bibliographical references (p. [343]-352) and index. Chapters: The Congress -- The dissector's knife -- Hosts -- Drug barons -- Crime stories -- Invaders from the West -- Master race -- The merchants of mummy -- Celebrites -- The incorruptibles -- Despots -- Children -- Self-preservation -- Coda. Mummies. Human remains (Archaeology) Forensic anthropology. Physical anthropology. Human body -- Social aspects. Mummies. Anthropology, Physical. Forensic Anthropology. Human Body. Momies. Restes humains (Archéologie) Anthropologie légale. Anthropologie physique. Corps humain -- Aspect social. Mummies. Veenlijken. Death. Chile, Italy, Egypt; Egyptian Mummies. Fine in Fine DJ (as new ); no remainder mark First edition, first printing (full number line).
Published by London : Fourth Estate, 2001
ISBN 10: 1841151114ISBN 13: 9781841151113
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Book First Edition
1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 368 p., [16] p, of plates : ill ; 22 cm. Bibliography. Subjects: World Congress on Mummy Studies (3rd : 1998 : Arica, Chile). Third World Congress on Mummy Studies. Mummies. Embalming. 1 Kg.
Published by München : Droemer, 2002
ISBN 10: 3426272628ISBN 13: 9783426272626
Seller: Antiquariat Buchkauz, Herzogenburg, Austria
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Published by Droemer, 2002
ISBN 10: 3426272628ISBN 13: 9783426272626
Seller: Bookbot, Prague, Czech Republic
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Published by Random House Mondadori D.L. 2011, Barcelona, 2011
Seller: Librería Alonso Quijano, Alcobendas, MADRI, Spain
#355 Himmler, Heinrich#910.4:5#323.12(430)#572(430)() Random House Mondadori. Encuadernación en tapa Blanda. Pringle, Heather Anne. 19 cm. El plan maestro arqueología fantástica al servicio del régimen naziTapa ilustrada. Pags.404.Volúmenes. Libro usado.
Published by Penguin Books, 2002
ISBN 10: 0140286691ISBN 13: 9780140286694
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Published by Penguin Books, 2002
ISBN 10: 0140286691ISBN 13: 9780140286694
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Published by Penguin Books, 2002
ISBN 10: 0140286691ISBN 13: 9780140286694
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
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Published by Hyperion, 2001
Seller: Collectors' Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgium
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition thus. The Mummy congress; science, obsession, and the everlasting dead Special Collection by Heather Anne Pringle. Published by Hyperion in 2001. Hardcover. An acclaimed journalist unravels the mysteries of mummies by following the unusual and extraordinary women and men who devote their lives to studying them.Perhaps the most eccentric of all scientific meetings, the world Congress on Mummy Studies brings together mummy experts from all over the wor. Collectible item in very fine condition.