Mummies & Their Mysteries

by Charlotte Wilcox

Book Overview

Discusses mummies found around the world, including Peru, Denmark, and the Italian Alps, and explains how studying them provides clues to past ways of life. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760708908
• ISBN13: 9780760708903
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Barnes And Noble
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

In My Non-Fiction Top Ten List...

This is to me, without a doubt, one of the best non-fiction book for kids ever created. It's a great book! The pictures are wonderful- from a baby mammoth preserved for hundreds of thousands of years to the oldest mummy of a human being ever found (5000 years old!). The facts are interesting, too- for instance, mummies are found all over the world, so long as the temperatures are either really dry or very cold. It's short enough to keep kids reading, interesting enough to keep them looking, and informative enough to get them to learn... a must for any teacher or kid's library.

The best book on real mummies I've seen!

Vivid color photographs, easy-to-understand descriptions of the mummification process (both natural and artificial), and a genuine respect for the dead of all cultures make this a must-read for kids who are interested in mummies. While photos of mummified children may frighten younger readers, my four year old daughter loves it and insists on it being read at bedtime! May be too scary or intense for sensitive kids, but for those interested, it's dynamite reading!