On every continent, many civilizations have sought to preserve the bodies of their deceased intact: Pharaonic Egypt, of course, but also Andean, Amazonian, Southeast Asian, Oceanic, and sub-Saharan African populations.
What do these often highly ritualized and sometimes highly technical embalming practices mean? What beliefs do these incorruptible bodies relate to? What do mummies teach us about the living (and dying) conditions of past populations?
Written by top specialists, this highly educational catalog takes stock of the latest knowledge about mummies, and allows us to better understand the richness and variety of these paths to eternity.
Under the High Patronage of the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres (Institut de France).