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Hardcover Unwrapping Ancient Egypt: The Shroud, the Secret and the Sacred Book

ISBN: 0857855395

ISBN13: 9780857855398

Unwrapping Ancient Egypt: The Shroud, the Secret and the Sacred

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In ancient Egypt, wrapping sacred objects, including mummified bodies, in layers of cloth was a ritual that lay at the core of Egyptian society. Yet in the modern world, attention has focused instead on unwrapping all the careful arrangements of linen textiles the Egyptians had put in place.

This book breaks new ground by looking at the significance of textile wrappings in ancient Egypt, and at the way their unwrapping has shaped the way...

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