Mummy
By: written by Peter Chrisp.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Series: E.guides
Publisher: DK Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780756607609
Subjects: Mummies -- Juvenile literature.; Ice mummies -- Juvenile literature.; Embalming -- Juvenile literature.; Mummies.; Ice mummies.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Describes mummies found in various parts of the world includeing the insides of mummies of all kinds, how mummies were prepared, and examines the evidence about their cultures' beliefs in an afterlife.
Notes: On cover: Google.

"The book that's online--with a dedicated Web site and all the latest links"--Cover.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: How to use the Web site; title: World of mummies; title: The science of decay; title: Ancient Egypt; title: Egypt's pyramids; title: The mummy gods; title: The view of death; title: The mummy-makers; title: Masks and coffins; title: The funeral; title: Into the underworld; title: Animal mummies; title: The Apis bull; title: Egypt's last mummies; title: Tomb robbers; title: Famous pharaohs; title: Tutankhamun: the search; title: The tomb; title: The boy king; title: Rediscovering Egypt; title: Mummy detectives; title: Dating methods; title: The oldest mummies; title: Peruvian mummies; title: The Inca Empire; title: Inca ice mummies; title: Head hunters; title: Mexican mummies; title: An Arctic mystery; title: Otzi the iceman; title: A bog body; title: Bog sacrifices; title: Saints and relics; title: The Palermo mummies; title: The Palermo catacombs; title: Mammoth mummies; title: Frozen tombs; title: Horse mummies; title: Desert discoveries; title: Chinese tombs; title: Self-made mummies; title: Mummies on display.