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Secrets of the dead : mummies and other human remains from around the world /

"Travel back in time to discover secrets of mummies and other human remains from around the world in this fascinating book, publishing 100 years after the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb. From ancient Egyptian mummies and European bog bodies to the plaster citizens of Pompeii, painted...

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Main Authors: Ralphs, Matt (Author)
Corporate Authors: British Museum. (associated with work.)
Group Author: Wright, Gordy (Illustrator)
Published: Nosy Crow Ltd,
Publisher Address: London, UK :
Publication Dates: 2022.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Human remains (Archaeology) > Juvenile literature.
Dead > Juvenile literature.
Dead.
Human remains (Archaeology)
Juvenile works.
Summary: "Travel back in time to discover secrets of mummies and other human remains from around the world in this fascinating book, publishing 100 years after the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb. From ancient Egyptian mummies and European bog bodies to the plaster citizens of Pompeii, painted people of the Steppe and Japanese self-mummifying monks, this book reveals what scientists and experts have uncovered about our ancestors' lives from the bodies they left behind. Find out what these people ate, wore, believed in, enjoyed doing and much, much more in this unique and stunningly illustrated book"--Publisher's description.
Item Description: Includes index
"The British Museum"--Cover.
Carrier Form: 61 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 30 cm
ISBN: 9781788009003
1788009002
CLC: K868.8-49
Call Number: K868.8-49/R163
Contents: Introducing the dead -- Africa. Tutankhamun; Ramses the Great; Gebelein Man; Preserving the dead; Life, death, afterlife; Houses of the Dead; The Great Pyramid -- America. The maiden of Llullaillaco; The Chinchorro Mummies; Franklin's lost expedition -- Europe and the Middle East. Ötzi the Ice Man; The plaster citizens of Pompeii; The Capuchin Catacombs; The Salt Men of Iran -- Asia. Beauty of Xiaohe; Lady Xin Zhui; The Wet Mummy; Painted people of the Steppe; The self-mummifying monks -- Secrets revealed, secrets kept -- Where they were found.

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