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"Covering one of the most famous and studied civilizations in history, this enthralling volume will make accessible to young readers the grim secrets of this former empire, including embalming the dead, ruthless pharaohs, and the building of the pyramids. Through illustrations, full-color photographs, and gruesome sidebars, students will discover a whole new exciting side to history." -- Amazon.com.
3) Mummies
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32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm.
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Introduces readers to mummies from many different cultures and periods in history. Mummies have been pulled out of bogs, dug up in the desert, created by monks and priests, and pried frozen out of the ice.
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"Investigate famous excavations and the archaeologists and paleontologists who led them with Investigating Tombs & Mummies. Through King Tut, Lady Dai, and Otzi the Iceman, readers will discover how we learn about tombs and mummies and how they teach us about their ways of life"--Amazon.com
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58 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 x 26 cm
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Recounts the discovery of the oldest human mummy in the 1990s by two mountain climbers on the Austrian border, in this exciting volume that reveals how glaciers, hulking masses of moving ice, are now offering up many secrets from the past.
7) Mummy
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72 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
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Illustrated guide to mummies.
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Creepy and true volume 1
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Just when you think that you know everything there is to know about mummies, new ones are discovered! Packed with facts but light in tone, this book introduces young readers to the most compelling examples of mummies from all over the world. There are many books about Egyptian mummies, but Mummies Exposed! goes beyond what you expect and uncovers both old favorites and recent discoveries; among them a Moche princess in Peru, the bog people of England...
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