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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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Human
Mummies: A Global Survey of their Status and the Techniques of
Conservation by
Konrad Spindler, et
al (eds.) is loaded with text (as found in scientific journals) and many unusual photos
illuminating not only mummies in general (and their display in museums) but
specific types of mummies, including six chapters on the Ice Man. Each chapter
is written by a different scientist or team of researchers, so the quality of
writing varies, but it's hard to be disappointed with the overall body of work
incorporated here.