The Mummy in Fact, Fiction and Film

by Susan D. Cowie and Tom Johnson

Book Overview

In 1922, when Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen, much of what was then known about mummies came from the writing of Greek historian Herodotus and from the paintings on the walls of Egyptian tombs. Even before 1922, the mummy had been the subject of fiction, with such writers as Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tackling the subject, and early films dating back to 1901. In this work, the authors present the religious,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786431148
• ISBN13: 9780786431144
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher