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Mummies, Disease and Ancient Cultures, 2d ed.(Review)
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COCKBURN, AIDAN, EVE COCKBURN & THEODORE A. REYMAN (eds). xxii, 402 pp., illus., maps, tables, bibliogrs. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1998. [pounds]70.00 (cloth, [pounds]24.95 (paper)
Mummification practised by the ancients was thought to ensure immortality for the dead, as well as their entrance to the afterlife. The Cockburns and their co-workers revive an interest in mummies that continues in the tradition of the great names in Egyptian palaeopathology such as Marc Ruffer, R.L. Moodie and others. Using the most advanced technology of biomedicine, the Cockburn team was ...
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