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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 uppsatser innehållade ordet Mummies.
1. Människooffer i järnålderns mossar : En analys av mänskliga kvarlevor från nordiska våtmarker
Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Sammanfattning : Studies of human sacrifice during the Iron Age in the Nordic countries have long been based on historical literary sources. Scientific studies of human sacrifice often lack archaeological material in the form of human skeletons. This is because of the difficulty in detecting injuries on human bones that can be linked to lethal violence. LÄS MER
2. Mumier som monster : Mumiers framställning i brittisk populärlitteratur under 1800-talet
Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Sammanfattning : The purpose of this essay is to study the representation of monstrous mummies in British literary fiction from the 1800s. The material used is The mummy (1827), Lot No. 249 (1892), and Pharos the egyptian (1899). A narrative analysis is the method used in the essay to explore the chosen material. LÄS MER
3. Scandinavian Mummies : Interpreting the preservative qualities of Danish Bronze Age Mounds
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaSammanfattning : This paper explores/investigates the circumstances around the unusual level of preservation of organic materials within certain mounds in Jutland, Denmark, as well as the scientific benefits of these findings. These mounds contain coffins made from oak-logs and within them mummies of different degree of preservation have been found. LÄS MER
4. Portrait mummies in context
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaSammanfattning : The present thesis aims to expand and acquire new knowledge on the emergence of portrait mummies during the Roman period in Egypt and their socio-religious status. The emergence and decorative program of these mummies are commonly understood as an artistic expression of Hellenistic Greek and Roman settlers in Egypt. LÄS MER
5. Häxor, drottningar, slavinnor och andra kvinnor i Niya : En studie av kvinnans status utifrån Kharosthi-dokument och arkeologiska gravfynd i Niya
Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/ReligionshistoriaSammanfattning : Once upon a time there was an oasis kingdom called Kroraina. It was situated in what is today the Xinjiang-region in China. In 1901 approximately one thousand Kharosthi documents was discovered under the sand in the ruins of the ancient lost city of Niya, Kroraina. LÄS MER