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Type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: DK Google e.guides. Publisher: London London DK 2004Edition: 1st American ed. Hardcover.Description: 96 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.ISBN: 0756607604.Subject(s): Middle Years Programme | MYP - Humanities/History | Death | Embalming | Mummies -- Egypt | Mummies | Ice mummies | Embalming
Contents:
How to use the web site -- World of mummies -- Science of decay -- Ancient Egypt -- Egypt's pyramids -- Mummy gods -- View of death -- Mummy-makers -- Masks and coffins -- Funeral -- Into the underworld -- Animal mummies -- Apis bull -- Egypt's last mummies -- Tomb robbers -- Famous pharaohs -- Tutankhamun: Search -- Tomb -- Boy king -- Rediscovering Egypt -- Mummy detectives -- Dating methods -- Oldest mummies -- Peruvian mummies -- Inca empire -- Inca ice mummies -- Head-hunters -- Mexican mummies -- Arctic mystery -- Otzi the iceman -- Bog body -- Bog sacrifices-- Saints and relics -- Palermo mummies -- Palermo catacombs -- Mammoth mummies -- Frozen tombs -- Horse mummies -- Desert discoveries -- Chinese tombs -- Self-made mummies -- Modern-day mummies -- Mummies on display -- Reference section -- Mummy timeline -- Egyptian dynasties -- Glossary -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: Eyewitness accounts, 3-D models, maps, data boxes, and photographs provide an overview of mummies, with links for safe, secure Web sites where students can learn more about specific topics.
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"The book that's online--with a dedicated Web site and all the latest links"--Cover. Includes index.

How to use the web site --
World of mummies --
Science of decay --
Ancient Egypt --
Egypt's pyramids --
Mummy gods --
View of death --
Mummy-makers --
Masks and coffins --
Funeral --
Into the underworld --
Animal mummies --
Apis bull --
Egypt's last mummies --
Tomb robbers --
Famous pharaohs --
Tutankhamun: Search --
Tomb --
Boy king --
Rediscovering Egypt --
Mummy detectives --
Dating methods --
Oldest mummies --
Peruvian mummies --
Inca empire --
Inca ice mummies --
Head-hunters --
Mexican mummies --
Arctic mystery --
Otzi the iceman --
Bog body --
Bog sacrifices--
Saints and relics --
Palermo mummies --
Palermo catacombs --
Mammoth mummies --
Frozen tombs --
Horse mummies --
Desert discoveries --
Chinese tombs --
Self-made mummies --
Modern-day mummies --
Mummies on display --
Reference section --
Mummy timeline --
Egyptian dynasties --
Glossary --
Index --
Acknowledgments.

Library Media Connection, August 2005

Eyewitness accounts, 3-D models, maps, data boxes, and photographs provide an overview of mummies, with links for safe, secure Web sites where students can learn more about specific topics.

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