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How to Mellify a Corpse

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By Vicki León

Web edition: September 24, 2010
Print edition: October 9, 2010; Vol.178 #8 (p. 30)

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How to Mellify a Corpse by Vicki León

Eighty-eight tales tell of science and superstition in the ancient world (including Alexander the Great’s mellification, or embalming in honey).

Walker, 2010, 308 p., $17.

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