The Use of Natron in Human Mummification: A Modern Experiment

Zeitschrift fur Agyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-100

  Brier, Bob ^a   Wade, Ronald S ^b  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 3743114265     PISSN: 0044216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/zaes.1997.124.2.89     Document Type: Article

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