{"product_id":"written-in-bones-9781554079926","title":"Written In Bones: How Human Remains Unlock The Secrets Of The Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003eVery comprehensive... an informative and fun read.\u003cbr\u003e\n-- Canadian Society of Forensic Science\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn excellent survey of the postmortem identification and interpretation of human remains.\u003cbr\u003e\n-- Science Books and Films\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHuman remains have much to tell us about how our ancestors lived and died, what they believed, and the rituals that were important to them. In Written in Bones, a team of international forensic anthropologists and archaeologists examines important case studies of human remains found at archeological sites around the world. Comprehensive text and color photographs describe how the remains were analyzed using modern scientific techniques and how the data were assembled to create authentic pictures of ancient cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is organized in five chapters: A Way of Life, Natural Deaths, Deliberate Deaths, Burials, and Mummies and Mummification.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSome of the astonishing discoveries covered are:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Han Dynasty aristocrat preserved in an unknown red liquid Bog bodies in Europe The riddle of Tomb KV55, where a male body was found inside a female coffin The headless men and giant wolves of a Mesolithic cemetery in Siberia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe seven new cases in this revised edition include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Silk Road Mummies Early European FarmersMummies and Modern Medicine Infant Deaths in a Roman brothel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCalled \"grisly, gross and utterly compelling,\" Written in Bones is used as a text in archaeology and anthropology courses around the world. It is sure to find an audience among a wide variety of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Firefly Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42978115616934,"sku":"9781554079926","price":24.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0443\/8471\/4918\/products\/9781554079926.jpg?v=1656105749","url":"https:\/\/bookxcess.myshopify.com\/products\/written-in-bones-9781554079926","provider":"Staging Site ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}