Mummy (DK Eyewitness Books Series)

by James Putnam

Overview

Help your child learn all about mummies using this fact-packed guide.

Let your child be an eyewitness to the amazing secrets of ancient mummies from different countries and cultures—from the chemicals Egyptians used to embalm the dead of Egypt to the artifacts buried with bodies to take into the afterlife; let your child learn all about the varied and fascinating ways people have preserved the dead in bogs, sand, and ice.

The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780756645410
Publisher:	DK
Publication date:	03/30/2009
Series:	DK Eyewitness
Edition description:	With Clip-Art CD and Poster
Pages:	72
Sales rank:	545,810
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 11.10(h) x 0.70(d)
Lexile:	IG960L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

Table of Contents

	What are mummies?	6
	Natural mummies	8
	A land lost in time	10
	The Egyptian Book of the Dead	12
	Making a mummy	14
	Wrapping up	16
	Mummy masks	18
	Amulets and magic charms	20
	Mummy cases	23
	Into the sarcophagus	28
	Taking it with you	30
	Workers for the afterlife	32
	The mummy and the god Osiris	34
	The royal mummies	36
	The treasures of Tutankhamun	38
	Curse of the mummy	40
	Greek and Roman mummies	42
	Animal mummies	44
	Unwrapping the mummy's secrets	48
	Mummies of the Andes	52
	The Iceman	56
	Bog mummies	58
	The mummies of Sicily	60
	Other mummies	62

Editorial Reviews

"A great collection of mummy information and specimens."—School Library Journal.  

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