‎"‎This publication is certainly a great step forward on the path to the discovery and understanding of the life and thought of the ancient Egyptians through multidisciplinary research on the royal mummies‎.‎‎"‎ Bretislav Vachala‎,‎ Archiv OrientalniAn extraordinary and invaluable study of Egyptian royal mummies‎,‎ using the most recent technologies and analyses‎.‎ The book is wonderfully engaging and accessible‎.‎ A must‎-have for all Egyptophiles and mummy aficionados‎.‎ Salima Ikram‎,‎ professor of Egyptology‎,‎ the American University in CairoThought‎-provoking and informative‎,‎ Scanning the Pharaohs is more than a book about the current scientific investigation of ancient Egypt s famous royal dead‎.‎ It is also an encyclopedia of the royal mummies themselves‎:‎ their original burials and mummification techniques‎,‎ their desecration and reburial‎,‎ their modern discovery‎,‎ as well as their scientific documentation and analysis‎.‎ The authors take the reader on a dramatic journey that starts in the palaces and temples of pharaonic Egypt and ends in the modern laboratories of today‎.‎ It‎'‎s an informative and gripping read‎.‎ W‎.‎ Raymond Johnson‎,‎ Director Epigraphic Survey‎,‎ Oriental Institute‎,‎ University of Chicago‎"‎If you can have only one book on mummies on your bookshelf‎,‎ this is it‎.‎ This research will be used for the next century by mummy science‎.‎ Bravo‎!‎‎"‎ Bob Brier‎,‎ author of Encyclopedia of Mummies‎"‎