Jack Flynn (cranesnotskyhooks) reviewed on
I really enjoyed reading this book. It's written by a journalist which gives it a more engaging and less technical style and weaves anecdote and science together very nicely, along with the author's own musings on the subject. While it begins at a scientific conference on mummy research in South America, it quickly crisscrosses the globe from China to Egypt (no mummy book could be written without mentioning Egypt!) to Soviet Russia. It covers both history and ongoing research. There's a lot of information packed into a short space, but also there's plenty of opinion and quirkiness to keep the reader turning the pages. GREAT BOOK.
