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100 1 $aPringle, Heather Anne,$d1952-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87948854
245 14 $aThe Mummy Congress :$bscience, obsession, and the everlasting dead /$cHeather Pringle.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHyperion,$c[2001], ©2001.
300 $a368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color) ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [343]-352) and index.
505 00 $tThe Congress --$tThe Dissector's Knife --$tHosts --$tDrug Barons --$tCrime Stories --$tInvaders from the West --$tMaster Race --$tThe Merchants of Mummy --$tCelebrities --$tThe Incorruptibles --$tDespots --$tChildren --$tSelf-Preservation --$tCoda.
520 1 $a"When 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 lodged in a rambling seaside hotel, battling over the implications of their latest discoveries.
520 8 $aInfected with their mania, Pringle spent the next year circling the globe, stopping in to visit the leading scientists so she could see firsthand 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."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aMummies.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85088398
650 0 $aHuman remains (Archaeology)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92003545
650 0 $aForensic anthropology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85050537
650 0 $aPhysical anthropology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85101512
650 0 $aHuman body$xSocial aspects.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85015232
852 00 $bglx$hGN293$i.P75 2001