Mummies from Around the World

Thousands of years ago, their bodies were entrusted to the earth, hidden in the depths of pyramids, wrapped in burial cloths or left on the peaks of snow-covered mountains. But the power of time proved not to be limitless: the mummies survived their own death.

Archaeologist and anthropologist Juliette Kaz embarks on a journey around the world to uncover the secrets of ancient and modern mummification techniques, tracing the path from Egyptian sarcophagi to tiny Amazonian tsantsas, from self-immolated Japanese monks to remains found in eternal cold. How did the people of past eras attempt to conquer decay? Why do preserved bodies end up in museums? What ethical questions do the remains that have survived centuries pose for us?

This book is not just a tale of mummification. It is a story about memory, fears, and superstitions, about the connection between the past and the present, about people who did not fade into oblivion after death.