Publication

2001 - Hyperion, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

92,000 words, Guess

Page Count

368 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • LCCGN293 .P75 2001
  • LCCGN 293 P75 2001

Description

"When science journalist Heather Pringle was dispatched to a remote part of northern Chile to cover a little-known scientific conference, she found herself in the midst of the most passionate gathering of her working life - dozens of mummy experts lodged in a rambling seaside hotel, battling over the implications of their latest discoveries. Infected with their mania, Pringle spent the next year circling the globe, stopping in to visit the leading scientists so she could see firsthand the breathtaking delicacy and unexpected importance of their work." "In The Mummy Congress, she recounts the intriguing findings from her travels, bringing to life the hitherto unknown worlds of the long-dead, and revealing what mummies have to tell us about ourselves."--BOOK JACKET.

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Other Editions

  • The mummy congress: science, obsession, and the everlasting deadHyperion2001-01-01

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