Presents disgusting ancient Egyptian medicinal practices, culinary delicacies, and battle practices, including the dirty details of what really happens to bodies as they are prepared for mummification. --Publisher

Introduction -- You don't have to be fair to be pharaoh -- Wax in your hair, fat on your skin -- 1000 gods and about 1,000,000 mummies -- The doctor prescribes dung, raw meat, and dead mice.