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Subject(s)

• Tutankhamen, King of Egypt [Browse]
• Tutankhamen, King of Egypt—Death and burial [Browse]
• Mummies—Conservation and restoration—Egypt [Browse]
• Egypt—History—Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C. [Browse]
• Forensic sciences [Browse]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Prologue: an archaeological adventure
• Tunnel of legends
• Clues by candlelight
• Opera of a vanished civilization
• Death on swift wings
• A brutal postmortem
• Palm wine, spices and myrrh
• Letters from Liverpool
• Secrets from blood and bone
• X-raying the pharaohs
• Living image of the lord
• Evil pyramids and murderous mold
• Sliced, diced, brought back to life
• The third door
• Fingerprints, forensics and a family tree
• DNA down the rabbit hole
• Spare ribs and hand kebabs
• Revolution
• Audience with the king
• Afterword: a brief window.

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ISBN

• 9780306821332 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0306821338 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9780306821349 (e-book)
• 0306821346 (e-book)

LCCN

2012041912

OCLC

808413564

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