
A Mystery from the Mummy-Pits The Amazing Journey of Ankh-Hap
The Amazing Journey of Ankh-Hap
By: Frank L. Holt
Hardcover | 22 April 2024
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Like a detective, Frank Holt makes use of a robust combination of scientific tools and archival research to tell the story of Ankh-Hap's life, death, and his mummified remains, which ended up in the back of an American college classroom. A Mystery from the Mummy-Pits takes the reader into a forgotten world of mummy trafficking by an American entrepreneur named Henry Augustus Ward (1834-1906). In Rochester, N.Y., his company's shelves were stocked with mummies, coffins, and even ancient body parts such as mummies' heads ($10 each), legs ($4 each), and arms ($5 each). Customers could piece together their own "Frankenmummy" with authentic wrappings and amulets sold separately.
A Mystery from the Mummy-Pits contextualizes this fascinating information by surveying the history of similar mummies from antiquity to the twentieth century, moving from ancient tomb robbers and medieval apothecaries to modern dime museums, traveling shows, pulp fiction, films, and pop culture. The book offers readers a new glimpse inside a dark chapter of mummy history.
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ISBN: 9780197694046
ISBN-10: 0197694047
Published: 22nd April 2024
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 224
Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publisher: Oxford University Press USA
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 21.7 x 14.9 x 2.2
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- Non-FictionHistoryEarliest Times to Present DayModern History from 1700 to 1900
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