This volume presents the latest research on three of the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian civilisation: mummies, magic and medicine. Drawing on recent archaeological fieldwork, new research on human remains, reassessments of ancient texts and modern experimental archaeology, it seeks to answer some of Egyptology's biggest questions.

Rosalie David: a biographical sketch - Joyce TyldesleyMy first meeting with Rosalie David - Kay HinkleyPart I: Pharaonic sacred landscapes1 Go West: on the ancient means of approach to the Saqqara Necropolis - Aidan Dodson 2 Sacred animal necropolis at North Saqqara: narrative of a ritual landscape - Paul T. Nicholson3 The Manchester 'funeral' ostracon: A sketch of a funerary ritual? - Peter Robinson4 The tomb of the 'Two Brothers' revisited - Steven Snape5 A review of the monuments of Unnefer, High Priest of Osiris at Abydos in the reign of Ramesses II - Angela P. Thomas6 Thoughts on Seth the con-man - Philip Turner7 A Psamtek ushabti and a granite block from Sais (Sa el-Hagar) - Penelope WilsonPart II: Magico-medical practices in ancient Egypt 8 A most uncommon amulet - Carol Andrews9 The sting of the scorpion - Mark Collier10 Magico-medical aspects in the myth of Osiris - Essam el-Saeed11 Trauma care, surgery and remedies in ancient Egypt: a reassessment - Roger Forshaw 12 One and the same? An investigation into the connection between veterinary and medical practice in ancient Egypt - Conni Lord 13 Bread and beer in ancient Egyptian medicine - Ryan Metcalfe14 On the function of 'healing' statues - Campbell Price15 Writings for good health in social context: Middle and New Kingdom comparisons - Stephen Quirke16 Schistosomiasis: ancient and modern. The application of scientific techniques to diagnose the disease - Patricia Rutherford17 An unusual funerary figurine of the early Eighteenth Dynasty - John H. TaylorPart III: Understanding Egyptian mummies18 The biology of ancient Egyptians and Nubians - Don Brothwell19 Further thoughts on Tutankhamun's death and embalming - Robert Connolly and Glenn Godenho20 Proving Herodotus and Diodorus? Head space analysis of 'eau de mummy' using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry - David Counsell21 Science in Egyptology: the scientific study of Egyptian mummies - initial phase 1973-79 - Alan Curry22 Slices of mummy: a thin perspective - John Denton23 Life and death in the desert: a bioarchaeological study of human remains from the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt - Tosha Dupras et al.24 An investigation into the evidence of age-related osteoporosis in three Egyptian mummies. - Mervyn Harris25 The Egyptian mummy tissue bank - Patricia Lambert-Zazulak26 The enigma of the Red Shroud Mummies - Robert D. Loynes27 The evolution of imaging ancient Egyptian animal mummies at the University of Manchester, 1972-2014 - Lidija M. McKnight and Stephanie Atherton-Woolham28 'Eaten by Maggots': the sorry tale of Mr Fuller's Coffin - Robert G. MorkotPart IV: Science and experimental approaches in Egyptology29 Scientific studies of Pharaonic remains: Imaging - Judith E. Adams30 Education, innovation and preservation: the lasting legacy of Sir Grafton Elliot Smith - Jenefer Cockitt31 Making an ancient Egyptian contraceptive: Learning from experiment and experience - Rosalind Janssen32 Iron from the sky: the role of meteorite iron in the development of iron-working techniques in ancient Egypt - Diane Johnson and Joyce Tyldesley33 A bag-style tunic found on the Manchester Museum mummy '1770' - Susan Martin34 'Palmiform' columns: an alternative design source - Peter Phillips35 Scientific evaluation of experiments in Egyptian archaeology - Denys A. Stocks36 Snake busters: experiments in fracture patterns of ritual figurines - Kasia Szpakowska and Rich JohnstonIndex

Combining approaches to ancient Egyptian religious expression, medical practice and the modern scientific study of human and material remains from Egypt and Sudan, this volume celebrates the multidisciplinary career of Prof Rosalie David OBE. The UK's first female Professor in Egyptology, Rosalie David's pioneering work at the University of Manchester on Egyptian mummies, magic and medicine has been of international importance. This volume presents research by a number of leading experts in their fields: recent archaeological fieldwork, new research on Egyptian human remains and unpublished museum objects along with reassessments of ancient Egyptian texts concerned with healing and the study of technology through experimental archaeology. Papers try to answer some of Egyptology's most enduring questions - How did Tutankhamun die? How were the Pyramids built? How were mummies made? - along with less well-known puzzles.Rather than address these areas separately, the volume adopts the so-called 'Manchester method' instigated by Rosalie David and attempts to integrate perspectives from both traditional Egyptology and scientific analytical techniques. Much of this research has never appeared in print before, particularly that resulting from the Manchester Egyptian Mummy Project, set up in the 1970s. The resulting overview gives a good history of the discipline, illustrating how Egyptology has developed over the last 40 years, and how many of the same big questions still remain.This book will be of use to researchers and students of archaeology or related disciplines with an interest in multidisciplinary approaches to understanding life and death in ancient Egypt and Sudan.

‘It should be on every amateur and professional’s bookshelf, and it is published at an extremely reasonable price in view of the high quality of its academic contents and its production.’ Peter A. Clayton, Ancient Egypt, Vol 17, No. 97, Aug/Sept 2016‘All in all the volume pays a honorific tribute the remarkable legacy of Professor Rosalie David by fully demonstrates the effectiveness of the multidisciplinary collaboration in Egyptology and the importance of adopting an integrative approach to the Egyptian material culture.’Rogério Sousa, Lusitania Sacra (Portugal)