The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession and the Everlasting Dead Tapa dura - 2001

Hardback. Very Good.

London: Fourth Estate. Very Good/Very Good. 2001. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 1841151114 Colour photographs / plates. 386 pages clean and tight. When acclaimed 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 crammed into 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 leading scientists so she could see at first hand 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. Pringle's journeys lead her to the lifelike remains of medieval saints… Leer más

London: Fourth Estate. Very Good/Very Good. 2001. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 1841151114 Colour photographs / plates. 386 pages clean and tight. When acclaimed 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 crammed into 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 leading scientists so she could see at first hand 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. Pringle's journeys lead her to the lifelike remains of medieval saints… Leer más

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HarperCollins Publishers Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Barnes and Noble. Used - Very Good. 2001. Hardcover. Very Good.

Fourth Estate, 2001-07-16. Hardcover. Very Good. 3.8071 cent in x 21.0660 cent in x 15.4822 cent in. First Edition with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post

HarperCollins Publishers Limited. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

london: Fourth Estate, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. 368, color illustrations and b/w illustrations.

Fourth Estate, 2001-01-01. Hardcover. New. 8x6x1. Brand new