Mummies : secrets of the dead
Title
:
Mummies : secrets of the dead
Personal Author EPSB
:
Richard. Raleigh
Summary
:
Provides information about mummies, discussing both natural and manmade mummies, with information on the processes by which mummification occurred, speculation about why various cultures mummified their dead, and a look at some of the world's most famous mummies.
Year Published
:
2005
Series
:
Digging up the past
Volume
:
Digging up the past
Physical Description
:
48 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 22 cm.
Contents
:
The after-death experience -- Unusual mummies around the world -- Tutankamen, the boy pharaoh -- Lindow man, the bog mummy.
Subject
:
Mummies.
Archeology.
Genre
:
High interest-low vocabulary books.
Summary
:
Provides information about mummies, discussing both natural and manmade mummies, with information on the processes by which mummification occurred, speculation about why various cultures mummified their dead, and a look at some of the world's most famous mummies.
ISBN
:
9780516250946
Publisher
:
New York : Scholastic, c2005.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Mount Pleasant | 393 RAL | Book | 30152000036742 | Non-Fiction |