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Item Number: 124926
Title: Soulful Creatures : Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt
Author: Bleiberg, Edward (et al)
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9781907804274
Description: London: Giles, in association with the Brooklyn Museum, 2013. 29cm., hardcover, 151pp., 126 color illus. Exhibition catalogue. Summary: In the ancient burial grounds of Saqqara, outside Memphis, over five million individual ibis mummies have been excavated from one cemetery alone. Yet the mummification of animals and its role in ancient Egyptian culture has remained shrouded in mystery. What was the religious purpose of these animal mummies? How were they made? And why are there so many? Soulful Creatures sheds new light on these questions by taking a closer look at the Brooklyn Museum’s renowned Egyptian collection, which includes snake, dog, and hawk mummies; crocodile and falcon coffins; and baboon votive offerings. By drawing on archaeology, cultural history, and modern medical imaging, including x-rays of the muumies, this volume represents a cross-disciplinary investigation into the many contentious theories of animal mummy practice. It offers a new understanding of the ancient world through some of its most extraordinary surviving artifacts.
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