

A Mystery from the Mummy-Pits
The Amazing Journey of Ankh-Hap
Author: Frank L. Holt
Narrator: Nigel Patterson
Unabridged: 4 hr 55 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 03/19/2024
Categories: Nonfiction, Social Science, Archaeology, History, Ancient History
Synopsis
Frank Holt makes use of a robust combination of scientific tools and archival research to tell the story of Ankh-Hap's life, death, and his mummified remains, which ended up in the back of an American college classroom. A Mystery from the Mummy-Pits takes the listener into a forgotten world of mummy trafficking by an American entrepreneur named Henry Augustus Ward. His company's shelves were stocked with mummies, coffins, and even ancient body parts. Customers could piece together their own "Frankenmummy" with authentic wrappings and amulets.
A Mystery from the Mummy-Pits contextualizes this information by surveying the history of similar mummies from antiquity to the twentieth century, moving from ancient tomb robbers and medieval apothecaries to modern dime museums, traveling shows, pulp fiction, films, and pop culture. The book offers listeners a glimpse inside a dark chapter of mummy history.