"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"