Description
The mummy’s “afterlife” is a modern story, not an ancient one. Award-winning science creator Jo Marchant traces the mummy’s story from its first brutal autopsy in 1925 to the most contemporary arguments over its DNA. From the glamorous treasure hunts of the 1920s to today’s high-tech scans in volatile modern Egypt, Marchant introduces us to the brilliant and every now and then incorrect people who have devoted their lives to revealing the mummy’s secrets, unravels the truth at the back of the hyped-up TV documentaries, and explains what science can and can’t let us know about King Tutankhamun.