Campbell Price is Curator of Egypt and Sudan at Manchester Museum; Roger Forshaw is Lecturer in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health at the University of Manchester; Andrew Chamberlain is Professor of Bioarchaeology at the University of Manchester; Paul Nicholson is Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University

Rosalie David: a biographical sketch - Joyce Tyldesley
My first meeting with Rosalie David - Kay Hinkley
Part I: Pharaonic sacred landscapes
1 Go West: on the ancient means of approach to the Saqqara Necropolis - Aidan Dodson
2 Sacred animal necropolis at North Saqqara: narrative of a ritual landscape - Paul T. Nicholson
3 The Manchester 'funeral' ostracon: A sketch of a funerary ritual? - Peter Robinson
4 The tomb of the 'Two Brothers' revisited - Steven Snape
5 A review of the monuments of Unnefer, High Priest of Osiris at Abydos in the reign of Ramesses II - Angela P. Thomas
6 Thoughts on Seth the con-man - Philip Turner
7 A Psamtek ushabti and a granite block from Sais (Sa el-Hagar) - Penelope Wilson
Part II: Magico-medical practices in ancient Egypt
8 A most uncommon amulet - Carol Andrews
9 The sting of the scorpion - Mark Collier
10 Magico-medical aspects in the myth of Osiris - Essam el-Saeed
11 Trauma care, surgery and remedies in ancient Egypt: a reassessment - Roger Forshaw
12 One and the same? An investigation into the connection between veterinary and medical practice in ancient Egypt - Conni Lord
13 Bread and beer in ancient Egyptian medicine - Ryan Metcalfe
14 On the function of 'healing' statues - Campbell Price
15 Writings for good health in social context: Middle and New Kingdom comparisons - Stephen Quirke
16 Schistosomiasis: ancient and modern. The application of scientific techniques to diagnose the disease - Patricia Rutherford
17 An unusual funerary figurine of the early Eighteenth Dynasty - John H. Taylor
Part III: Understanding Egyptian mummies
18 The biology of ancient Egyptians and Nubians - Don Brothwell
19 Further thoughts on Tutankhamun's death and embalming - Robert Connolly and Glenn Godenho
20 Proving Herodotus and Diodorus? Head space analysis of 'eau de mummy' using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry - David Counsell
21 Science in Egyptology: the scientific study of Egyptian mummies - initial phase 1973-79 - Alan Curry
22 Slices of mummy: a thin perspective - John Denton
23 Life and death in the desert: a bioarchaeological study of human remains from the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt - Tosha Dupras et al.
24 An investigation into the evidence of age-related osteoporosis in three Egyptian mummies. - Mervyn Harris
25 The Egyptian mummy tissue bank - Patricia Lambert-Zazulak
26 The enigma of the Red Shroud Mummies - Robert D. Loynes
27 The evolution of imaging ancient Egyptian animal mummies at the University of Manchester, 1972-2014 - Lidija M. McKnight and Stephanie Atherton-Woolham
28 'Eaten by Maggots': the sorry tale of Mr Fuller's Coffin - Robert G. Morkot
Part IV: Science and experimental approaches in Egyptology
29 Scientific studies of Pharaonic remains: Imaging - Judith E. Adams
30 Education, innovation and preservation: the lasting legacy of Sir Grafton Elliot Smith - Jenefer Cockitt
31 Making an ancient Egyptian contraceptive: Learning from experiment and experience - Rosalind Janssen
32 Iron from the sky: the role of meteorite iron in the development of iron-working techniques in ancient Egypt - Diane Johnson and Joyce Tyldesley
33 A bag-style tunic found on the Manchester Museum mummy '1770' - Susan Martin
34 'Palmiform' columns: an alternative design source - Peter Phillips
35 Scientific evaluation of experiments in Egyptian archaeology - Denys A. Stocks
36 Snake busters: experiments in fracture patterns of ritual figurines - Kasia Szpakowska and Rich Johnston
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