Abbreviations: pb: available in a paper bound edition

• Andrews, Carol. Egyptian Mummies. British Museum/Harvard Univ. Press, 1984. pb.
  • A good introduction to mummies and burial practices.
• Bierbrier, Morris (editor) Portraits and Masks: Burial Customs in Roman Egypt. London, The British Museum, 1997.
  • Fascinating essays on various aspects of mummification in the Roman period.
• Cockburn, A. and E. Mummies, Disease and Ancient Cultures. Cambridge, 1980. pb.
  • More technical information, also covers mummies from other lands. A new edition will soon be available.
• Hamilton-Patterson, J. & Andrews, C. Mummies: Death and Life in Ancient Egypt. Penguin, 1978. pb.
  • Good overview of ancient religious beliefs.
• Harris, James and Kent Weeks. X-Raying the Pharaohs. Scribner's, 1973. pb.
  • For the younger reader; very informative with good illustrations.
• Harris, James and Edward F. Wente. An X-Ray Atlas of the Royal Mummies. University of Chicago, 1980.
  • The basic work on the royal mummies with discussions of forensics, and the problems of correlating historical and forensic evidence.
• Ikram, S. and A. Dodson. The Mummy in Ancient Egypt. Thames and Hudson, 1998.
  • Excellent history of mummification, coffins and funerary trappings. Great illustrations.
• Quirke, Stephen and Spencer, Jeffrey (editors) The British Museum Book of Ancient Egypt, The British Museum, 1992. pb. former edition by James, T.G.H. An Introduction to Ancient Egypt. (1979). pb.
  • Very highly recommended for overall cultural background and history.
• Taylor, John. Unwrapping a Mummy. The University of Texas Press, 1995. pb.
  • Fascinating book that traces the life of a priest and the history of his mummy and the style of his mummification.