Unwrapping ancient Egypt / Christina Riggs.

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"In ancient Egypt, wrapping sacred objects, including mummified bodies, in layers of cloth was a ritual that lay at the core of Egyptian society. Yet in the modern world, attention has focused instead on unwrapping all the careful arrangements of linen textiles the Egyptians had put in place.This bo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Riggs, Christina
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.
Subjects:
Mummies > Egypt.
Textile fabrics, Ancient > Egypt.
Burial > Egypt > History > To 1500.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Egypt.
Egypt > Civilization > To 332 B.C.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
ART / History / Ancient & Classical.
History.
Genre:
History.
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Physical Description:xii, 319 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note:
  • List of FiguresPrefaceDesecrationRevelationMummificationLinenSecrecySanctityFigure creditsBibliographyIndex.