The shadow king :
Marchant, Jo, 1973-
The shadow king : the bizarre afterlife of king Tut's mummy / Jo Marchant. - Boston, Mass. : Da Capo Press, 2013. - 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: an archaeological adventure -- Tunnel of legends -- Clues by candlelight -- Opera of a vanished civilization -- Death on swift wings -- A brutal post-mortem -- Palm wine, spices and myrrh -- Letters from Liverpool -- Secrets from blood and bone -- X-raying the pharaohs -- Living image of the lord -- Evil pyramids and murderous mould -- Sliced, diced, brought back to life -- The third door -- Fingerprints, forensics and a family tree -- DNA down the rabbit hole -- Spare ribs and hand kebabs -- Revolution -- Audience with the king -- Afterword.
9780306821332 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780306821349 (ebook)
2012041912
Tutankhamen, King of Egypt.
Tutankhamen, King of Egypt --Death and burial.
Mummies--Conservation and restoration--Egypt.
Forensic sciences.
Egypt--History--Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C.
DT87.5 / .M34 2013
932/ / MAR
The shadow king : the bizarre afterlife of king Tut's mummy / Jo Marchant. - Boston, Mass. : Da Capo Press, 2013. - 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: an archaeological adventure -- Tunnel of legends -- Clues by candlelight -- Opera of a vanished civilization -- Death on swift wings -- A brutal post-mortem -- Palm wine, spices and myrrh -- Letters from Liverpool -- Secrets from blood and bone -- X-raying the pharaohs -- Living image of the lord -- Evil pyramids and murderous mould -- Sliced, diced, brought back to life -- The third door -- Fingerprints, forensics and a family tree -- DNA down the rabbit hole -- Spare ribs and hand kebabs -- Revolution -- Audience with the king -- Afterword.
9780306821332 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780306821349 (ebook)
2012041912
Tutankhamen, King of Egypt.
Tutankhamen, King of Egypt --Death and burial.
Mummies--Conservation and restoration--Egypt.
Forensic sciences.
Egypt--History--Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C.
DT87.5 / .M34 2013
932/ / MAR