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| Notes on contributors |
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| Preface |
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| Rosalie David: a biographical sketch |
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| My first meeting with Rosalie David |
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I Pharaonic sacred landscapes |
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1 Go west: on the ancient means of approach to the Saqqara Necropolis |
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2 The Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara: narrative of a ritual landscape |
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3 The Manchester `funeral' ostracon: a sketch of a funerary ritual |
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4 The tomb of the `Two Brothers' revisited |
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5 A review of the monuments of Unnefer, High Priest of Osiris at Abydos in the reign of Ramesses II |
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56 | (13) |
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6 Thoughts on Seth the con-man |
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7 A Psamtek ushabti and a granite block from Sais (Sa el-Hager) |
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75 | (20) |
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II Magico-medical practices in ancient Egypt |
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9 The sting of the scorpion |
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10 Magico-medical aspects of the mythology of Osiris |
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115 | (9) |
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11 Trauma care, surgery and remedies in ancient Egypt: a reassessment |
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124 | (18) |
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12 One and the same? An investigation into the connection between veterinary and medical practice in ancient Egypt |
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142 | (15) |
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13 Bread and beer in ancient Egyptian medicine |
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14 On the function of `healing' statues |
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15 Writings for good health in social context: Middle and New Kingdom comparisons |
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183 | (14) |
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16 Schistosomiasis, ancient and modern: the application of scientific techniques to diagnose the disease |
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197 | (13) |
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17 An unusual funerary figurine of the early 18th Dynasty |
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210 | (19) |
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III Understanding Egyptian mummies |
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18 The biology of ancient Egyptians and Nubians |
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229 | (11) |
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19 Further thoughts on Tutankhamun's death and embalming |
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240 | (9) |
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20 Proving Herodotus and Diodorus? Headspace analysis of `eau de mummy' using gas chromatography mass spectrometry |
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249 | (14) |
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21 Science in Egyptology: the scientific study of Egyptian mummies, initial phase, 1973--79 |
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263 | (13) |
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22 Slices of mummy: a thin perspective |
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276 | (10) |
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23 Life and death in the desert: a bioarchaeological study of human remains from the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt |
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286 | (19) |
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24 An investigation into the evidence of age-related osteoporosis in three Egyptian mummies |
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305 | (12) |
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25 The International Ancient Egyptian Mummy Tissue Bank |
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317 | (11) |
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26 The enigma of the Red Shroud mummies |
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328 | (17) |
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27 The evolution of imaging ancient Egyptian animal mummies at the University of Manchester, 1972--2014 |
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345 | (10) |
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Stephanie Atherton-Woolham |
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28 Eaten by maggots: the sorry tale of Mr Fuller's coffin |
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IV Science and experimental approaches in Egyptology |
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29 Scientific studies of pharaonic remains: imaging |
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30 Education, innovation and preservation: the lasting legacy of Sir Grafton Elliot Smith |
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387 | (13) |
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31 Making an ancient Egyptian contraceptive: learning from experiment and experience |
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400 | (8) |
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32 Iron from the sky: the role of meteorite iron in the development of iron-working techniques in ancient Egypt |
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408 | (16) |
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33 A bag-style tunic found on the Manchester Museum mummy 1770 |
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424 | (11) |
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34 `Palmiform' columns: an alternative design source |
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435 | (11) |
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35 Scientific evaluation of experiments in Egyptian archaeology |
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446 | (15) |
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36 Snake busters: experiments in fracture patterns of ritual figurines |
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