Ancient Egyptian hair gel: New insight into ancient Egyptian mummification procedures through chemical analysis

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3432-3434

  McCreesh, N C ^a   Gize, A P ^a   David, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical analysis; Egyptology; GC MS; Hair analysis; Mummification

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRESERVATION;

EGYPT;

EID: 80054092561     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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