Mummies of the pharaohs : modern medical investigations

Describes medical and scientific findings resulting from the study of pharaonic mummies, discussing ancient diseases, Egyptian embalming methods, and the identities of the pharaohs mentioned in the Old Testament Mummies of the Pharaohs: Modern Medical Investigations Front cover Half-title Title page Copyright page Contents Introduction Part I: FROM EMBALMER TO EGYPTOLOGIST 1. Mummification 2. The Sepulchers Part II: THE MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF MUMMIES 3. Which Royal Mummies Have Come Down to Us So Far? 4. The Mummy of Tutankhamun: Destruction and Lost Opportunities 5. The Camouflage of the Dismemberment of Tutankhamun's Mummy and the Problem of the Curse of Tutankhamun 6. Data Observed at the Examination of Other Mummies 7. The Decay and Deterioration of the Royal Mummies Part III: MODERN MEDICAL INVESTIGATIONS 8. Microscopic Research 9. X-ray Examination 10. Dental State 11. Endoscopic Examination 12. The Royal Mummies and the Problem of Their Cranial Lacunae Part IV: THE PHARAOH AND MOSES 13. The Problem as It Stands: Existing Documents 14. The Exodus and Its Place in the Chronology of the Pharaohs 15. The Body of Merneptah, Pharaoh of the Exodus, and What Became of It Part V: THE MUMMY OF RAMESSES II IN PARIS 16. Difficult Preliminaries 17. A Useful Decision 18. The Mummy at the Museum of Anthropology 19. Irradiation and Conservation 20. Initial Egyptian Reactions Part VI: UNSOLVED PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE MUMMY OF RAMESSES II 21. The Mummy 22. The Display Case 23. The Absence of Air Conditioning 24. A Survey Carried Out Nine Years Later 25. Possible Resolutions Offered by the Getty Conservation Institute Index Back cover Describes the knowledge gained from scientific studies of mummified bodies in the Cairo Museum