The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead

New York: Hyperion, 2001. First edition, first printing (full number line). Octavo in illus DJ; 368 p.; color plates,; 22 cm; bibliographical references (p. [343]-352) and index. Fine in Fine DJ (as new ); no remainder mark. Hardcover. ISBN: 0786865512

Chapters: The Congress -- The dissector's knife -- Hosts -- Drug barons -- Crime stories -- Invaders from the West -- Master race -- The merchants of mummy -- Celebrites -- The incorruptibles -- Despots -- Children -- Self-preservation -- Coda. Mummies. Human remains (Archaeology) Forensic anthropology. Physical anthropology. Human body -- Social aspects. Mummies. Anthropology, Physical. Forensic Anthropology. Human Body. Momies. Restes humains (Archéologie) Anthropologie légale. Anthropologie physique. Corps humain -- Aspect social. Mummies. Veenlijken. Death. Chile, Italy, Egypt; Egyptian Mummies