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245 00 $aMummies.
260 $aLondon :$bKingfisher,$c2003.
300 $a64 pages :$billustrations ;$c28 cm.
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490 1 $aKingfisher knowledge
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aForeword -- Two ways to make a mummy : What is a mummy? -- The world's first mummy-makers -- Ötzi-the ice man -- Summary -- Egypt, the land of mummies : Why the Egyptians made mummies -- How the Egyptians made a mummy -- Drying and wrapping the body -- Coffins and canopics -- Royal mummies -- Nobles and commoners -- Animal mummies of Egypt -- Summary -- Mummy world : Bog bodies of Europe -- Mummies of Italy and Sicily -- North America and Greenland -- South American mummies -- Mummies of Asia -- Mummies of the South Pacific -- Dinosaurs, mammoths, cats and rats -- Summary -- Mummies today : Modern mummies -- Mummy mania -- Learning from mummies -- The life and death of Mummy 1770 -- Misused mummies -- Summary.
520 $aExplores the processes of mummification through the ages, from the ancient mummified Chinchorro people of the Atacama desert in Chile to preserved leaders such as Lenin. Discover how the dead can be naturally preserved for thousands of years in crypts, bogs, frozen wastelands or deserts. Discover the secrets of eternal life and find out what ancient mummies are teaching today's scientists about history. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.
650 0 $aMummies$vJuvenile literature.
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