Mummies: A Voyage Through Eternity
First French edition. The cover featuring a Fayum mummy portrait. | |
| Author | Françoise Dunand Roger Lichtenberg |
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| Original title | Les Momies : Un voyage dans l'éternité |
| Translator | Ruth Sharman |
| Cover artist | Anonymous (FR & US eds.) Anonymous. Ramesses II in his wooden coffin, photograph; detail from the Hildesheim sarcophagus. (UK ed.) |
| Language | French |
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Release number | 118th in collection |
| Subject | Egyptian mummies, Ancient Egyptian funerary practices |
| Genre | Nonfiction monograph |
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Publication date | 26 September 1991 26 October 2007 (new ed.) |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1994 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
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| ISBN | 978-2-0705-3167-7 (first edition) |
| OCLC | 470547459 |
| Preceded by | L'Afrique des explorateurs : Vers les sources du Nil |
| Followed by | Jules Verne : Le rêve du progrès |
Mummies: A Voyage Through Eternity (UK title: Mummies: A Journey Through Eternity; French: Les Momies : Un voyage dans l'éternité) is a 1991 illustrated monograph on the Egyptian mummies, ancient Egyptian funerary practices and the history of the discoveries of Egyptian mummies. Co-written by the French historian Françoise Dunand and the medical doctor Roger Lichtenberg, and published in pocket format by Éditions Gallimard as the 118th volume in the "Découvertes Gallimard" collection (known as "Abrams Discoveries" in the United States, and "New Horizons" in the United Kingdom).