Just when you think that you know everything there is to know about mummies, new ones are discovered! Packed with facts but light in tone, this book introduces

Presents examples of mummies from all over the world, including Khnum-Nakht, King Tut, the Beauty of Xiaohe, and the Lady of Cao, and explores the ways bodies a

Describes the wide variety of human remains, the use and abuse of them, what they reveal about life in the past, and contemporary attitudes toward the dead.

Where did the mummy come from? What happened to the person that became the mummy? Find out all this and more! a High-interest topics, real stories, engaging des

How did they die? Why were they buried together? What had been the nature of their culture and beliefs? How had they survived in the harsh Arctic climate? To so