Mummies unwrapped
2023
Book
What is a mummy? How exactly were they made? And is there really such a thing as a mummy's curse? Find out the answers to these questions and many more, in this gruesome guide to the mummification process. Filled with grisly detail, you'll uncover secrets of the embalmers, tales of the tomb robbers and even what happened when pets were mummified! Meet some famous mummies from around the world, from Tutankhamun to the 'unlucky mummy', and find out what happened when archaeologists discovered mummies thousands of years after they were buried.
Main title:
Mummies unwrapped / [illustrated by] Tom Froese.
Author:
Froese, Tom, illustratorBritish Museum, associated with work
Work:
Imprint:
London : Nosy Crow, 2023.
Collation:
27 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 29 cm
Notes:
Published in association with the British Museum.Published in collaboration with the British Museum.Originally published: 2021.Includes index.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781839941719 (pbk)
Dewey class:
393.3J932932
Language:
English
BRN:
3599105