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THE MUMMY CONGRESS by Heather Pringle
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First edition, first printing, mint, new/unread, flawless dust jacket. 2001 NY: Hyperion ISBN 9780786865512
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THE MUMMY CONGRESS by Heather Pringle - FIRST EDITION BOOK


Every three years, in a little-known town in northern Chile, mummy experts from around the world gather to share their discoveries and theories about the ancient dead. This is The Mummy Congress, an event that triggers journalist Heather Pringle's fascination with mummies and leads her on a journey across the globe to find out more.

Ranging from the famous excavation of Tutankhamen to tales of ascetic Japanese monks trying to mummify themselves, and from the Russians' terrified attempts to embalm the body of Stalin to the fleeting craze for public mummy unwrappings in nineteenth-century New Orleans, The Mummy Congress demonstrates that our own obsession with the preserved dead has a long and bizarre history. Packed with extraordinary stories and narrated with great humor and verve, The Mummy Congress is a compelling and entertaining journey into the world of the everlasting dead.

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