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Table
of Contents
Part 1.
General aspects
Mummies
and ethics in the museum; Current technology in the examination of ancient
man; Non-invasive investigations of human mummified remains by radiographic
techniques; Dry human and animal remains--their treatment at the British
Museum
Part 2.
Egyptian mummies
Research
on mummies in Egyptology, an overview; Development of a prototype and display
case for the Royal Mummies of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Part 3.
Asiatic mummies
Excavation
and preliminary studies of the ancient mummies of Xinjiang in China; Collagen
in 300 year old tissue and a short introduction to the mummies in Japan
Part 4.
Arctic mummies
Mummies of
the arctic regions; The paleoimaging and forensic anthropology of frozen
sailors from the Franklin Arctic expedition mass disaster (1845-1848); The
mummy find from Qilakitsoq in northwest Greenland
Part 5.
South American mummies
Early
mummies from coastal Peru and Chile; Preparation of the dead in coastal Andean
pre-ceramic populations; Secondary applications of bioanthropological studies
on South American Andean mummies; The Prince of El Plomo, a frozen treasure
Part 6.
European mummies
European
bog bodies, current state of research and preservation; Selection of a
conservation process for Lindow Man; Guanche mummies of Tenerife, conservation
and scientific studies in the CRONOS Project; Natural and artificial 13th-19th
century mummies in Italy; The roman mummy of Grottarossa; Mummies of saints, a
particular category of Italian mummies; Mummification in the Middle Ages; The
corpse from the Porchabella-glacier in the Grisons, Switzerland
Part 7.
Ice Man research: current events
Ice Man's
last weeks; Post-mortem alterations of human lipids, part 1, evaluation of
adipocere formation and mummification by desiccation; Post-mortem alterations
of human lipids, part 2, lipid composition of a skin sample from the Ice Man;
Comparison of the lipid profile of the Tyrolean Ice Man with bodies recovered
from glaciers; Trace element contents of the Iceman's bones (preliminary
results); Remarks on the anatomy of a mummified cat regarding the extent of
preservation
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