Mummies : secrets of the dead

Título
Mummies : secrets of the dead

Richard. Raleigh

Resumen
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.

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
2005

Digging up the past

Digging up the past

Descripción física
48 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 22 cm.

Contenido
The after-death experience -- Unusual mummies around the world -- Tutankamen, the boy pharaoh -- Lindow man, the bog mummy.

Término de la materia
Mummies.
 
Archeology.

Género
High interest-low vocabulary books.

Síntesis
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

Información de publicación
New York : Scholastic, c2005.


BibliotecaSignatura topográficaTipo de materialCódigo de barras del documentoEstado
Mount Pleasant393 RALBook30152000036742Non-Fiction