Mumiia meniaet svoe imia. Katalog vystavki (The Mummy Changes Its Name. Exhibition Catalogue)
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2021. Sewn pb. Themes of this original Hermitage exhibition catalogue touches on various egyptological themes: European fascination with ancient Egypt; Artifacts and art of ancient Egypt; Ethical questions and the evolution of museum practice vis-à-vis mummies: wrapping, unwrapping, rewrapping; Technology of mummifying and museum preservation; Museum study as one form of afterlife. 96 p., approx. 40 color illus., Rus. with title page and summary in ENGLISH. Item #4259
ISBN: 9785935729479
Chapter titles: the mummy as artifact; the mummy as object (sushchnost’); Mummies and fantasy; mummies and etiquette; mummies at the Hermitage: what to do; results of technological research from a medical point of view; results of technological research from an egyptologist’s point of view; objects storing mummies.
Price: $53.00