Mummies : secrets of the dead

Titre
Mummies : secrets of the dead

Richard. Raleigh

Sommaire
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.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2005

Digging up the past

Digging up the past

Description matérielle
48 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 22 cm.

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

Terme de vedette-matière
Mummies.
 
Archeology.

Genre
High interest-low vocabulary books.

Résumé
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.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780516250946

Informations de publication
New York : Scholastic, c2005.


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
Mount Pleasant393 RALBook30152000036742Non-Fiction