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MR. A. LUCAS has rendered a great service to all who are interested in the customs of the ancient Egyptians and in the history of the methods adopted for the preservation of the body by collecting into one convenient volume the results of his investigations concerning the “Preservative Materials used by the Ancient Egyptians in Embalming,” which has been issued as Survey Department Paper No. 12 (Cairo: National Printing Department, 1911).
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The Chemistry of Mummification . Nature 86, 572 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/086572a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/086572a0