DK Eyewitness Books: Mummy: Discover the Secrets of Mummies―from the Early Embalming, to Bodies Preserved in - Hardcover

Putnam, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0756645417 ISBN 13: 9780756645410

Publisher: DK Children, 2009

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

James Putnam has been a Visiting Scholar in Museum Studies at New York University and Curator of the Contemporary Arts and Cultures Program at the British Museum.

Peter Hayman is a recognised leader in the fine art of bird illustration. He was trained as an architect, which has enabled him to illustrate birds with extraordinary precision and accuracy of form and made him a widely published illustrator of birds.

Review:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: DK Children
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0756645417
• ISBN 13: 9780756645410
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 72