Secrets of the dead : mummies and other human remains from around the world
(2025)
By:
Ralphs, Matt
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
J/930.1/RALPHS,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Lincoln, MA : Nosy Crow, 2025
DESCRIPTION
61 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 30 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9798887770819, 9798887770819
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Includes index
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
Grades 4-7