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

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 people o...

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Main Author: Ralphs, Matt (Author)
Corporate Author: British Museum (Contributor)
Other Authors: Wright, Gordy (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln, MA : Nosy Crow, 2025.
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245 1 0 |a Secrets of the dead :  |b mummies and other human remains from around the world /  |c written by Matt Ralphs ; illustrated by Gordy Wright. 
246 3 0 |a Mummies and other human remains from around the world 
264 1 |a Lincoln, MA :  |b Nosy Crow,  |c 2025. 
264 4 |c Ã2022 
300 |a 61 pages :  |b color illustrations, color map ;  |c 30 cm 
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500 |a "First published 2022 by Nosy Crow Ltd. in London"--Page opposite title page. 
500 |a "The British Museum" 
500 |a "This book is published by Nosy Crow in collaboration with the British Museum."--Page 4 of cover. 
500 |a Includes index. 
505 0 |a Introducing the dead -- Africa. Tutankhamun ; Ramses the Great ; Gebelein man ; Preserving the dead ; Life, death, afterlife ; Houses of the dead ; The Great Pyramid -- Americas. The Maiden of Llullaillaco ; The Chinchorro mummies ; Franklin's lost expedition -- Europe and the Middle East. Otzi the Ice Man ; The plaster citizens of Pompeii ; The Capuchin catacombs ; Bog bodies ; 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 -- Glossary. 
520 |a 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 people of the past ate, wore, believed in, and much more in this unique and intricately illustrated book. 
521 1 |a Ages 9-12. 
521 2 |a Grades 4-7. 
650 0 |a Human remains (Archaeology)  |v Juvenile nonfiction. 
650 0 |a Dead  |v Juvenile nonfiction. 
650 0 |a Funeral rites and ceremonies  |x History  |v Juvenile nonfiction. 
650 0 |a Mummies  |v Juvenile nonfiction. 
650 0 |a Bog bodies  |v Juvenile nonfiction. 
650 0 |a Burial  |v Juvenile nonfiction. 
700 1 |a Wright, Gordy,  |e illustrator. 
710 2 |a British Museum,  |e contributor. 
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