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1) Mummy
Author
Series
Eyewitness books volume 44
Language
English
Description
Documents the history and significance of mummies, both natural and man-made, and describes the principles and ceremonies associated with them.
7) Mummy lairs
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Pub
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Over tens of thousands of years, the living have found different ways to take care of the dead. Some bodies are buried. Others are burned. Perhaps the creepiest method of all is turning the dead into mummies—preserving them so they almost look as if they were still alive. Are the tales of magic and curses that surround some mummies' lairs really true? Among the 11 stories in this book, readers will discover mummies in a 7,000-year-old burial ground...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Theodore Mead Fegley has always been the smartest person he knows. By age 12, he was in high school, and by 15 he was attending a top-ranking university. And now, at the tender age of 18, he's on the verge of proving the Riemann Hypothesis, a mathematical equation that has mystified academics for almost 150 years. But only days before graduation, Mead suddenly packs his bags and flees home to rural Illinois. What has caused him to flee remains a mystery...
13) Bog mummies
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Bog mummies hold fascinating secrets. They teach us hidden facts about the past. This narrative nonfiction book examines bog mummies from all over Europe. Look inside to unearth these ancient treasures! Each book includes a table of contents, glossary of key words, index, author biography, sidebars, and mummy map."--
Publisher
Prestel
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The book reveals not only many of the techniques that ancient cultures used to preserve the bodies of the dead, but also the many natural processes leading to the preservation of bodies in desert sands, ice or acidic bogs, or even in attics. Nearly thirty scientific essays, with outstanding photographs and illustrations, bring together the latest research in mummy studies, with contributions from archaeology, anthropology, palaeopathology, biology...
16) Mummies
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Overview of mummification and embalming including ancient beliefs regarding life after death, rites, rituals, and ceremonies, and the latest in the science of cryogenics.
17) Making a mummy
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"What happens after death? That was a big question for ancient Egyptians. They believed that a person needs his or her body in death as much as in life. So they did all they could to preserve and protect the body. For them, life after death was the most important part of life!"--
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