Animal Mummies

Author : salima ikram
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN 13 : 9789774248580
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book divine creatures written by salima ikram and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The invention of mummification enabled the ancient Egyptians to preserve the bodies not only of humans but also of animals, so that they could live forever. This book draws together studies on the different types of animal mummies, the methods of mummification, and the animal cemeteries located at sites throughout Egypt.

Author : Charlotte Wilcox
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780736861830
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Mummies written by Charlotte Wilcox and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes animal mummies, along with some of the most famous animal mummies. Also informs where the animals have been found, how the animals are mummified, how scientists study them, and what they can teach us about the past.

Author : salima ikram
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN 13 : 9789773058616
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book beloved beasts written by salima ikram and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2006-02-15 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Animal Mummy Room in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo throws an interesting light on the role of animals in ancient Egyptian, both as sacred totems of religious cults and as beloved household pets. This catalog of the animal mummies in the Museum - from cats, dogs, and horses to baboons, crocodiles, and gazelles - is fully illustrated with color photographs and x-rays, and each mummy is described in detail.

Author : Edward Bleiberg
Publisher : Giles
ISBN 13 : 9781907804274
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soulful Creatures written by Edward Bleiberg and published by Giles. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating mix of archaeology, history, and medical imaging shedding new light on ancient Egyptian animal mummies, this fully illustrated volume explores the important role granted to animals in Egyptian life--they were seen as equals to humans within creation, endowed with souls. By providing vital background information, backed up with scientific examination of the techniques of mummification, this new book is the first proper, accessible survey of this fascinating side of ancient Egyptian life. It is full of amazing images of mummies, sculptures, and small decorative objects. Accompanies a major travelling exhibition - Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA, March 22-June 15, 2014; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN, October 18, 2014-January 18, 2015; Brooklyn Museum , NY, Summer/Fall 2015.

Author : Joyce Markovics
Publisher : Unwrapped: Marvelous Mummies
ISBN 13 : 9781534180390
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Mummies written by Joyce Markovics and published by Unwrapped: Marvelous Mummies. This book was released on 2021 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal mummies hold fascinating secrets. They teach us hidden facts about the past. This narrative nonfiction book examines animal mummies from all over the world and different types of mummification. Look inside to unwrap these ancient treasures. Each book includes a table of contents, glossary of key words, index, author biography, sidebars, and mummy map.

Author : Andrew Hansen
Publisher : Walker Books Australia
ISBN 13 : 1760653187
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies: The Weird Beard (Book 1) written by Andrew Hansen and published by Walker Books Australia. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning Australian comedian Andrew Hansen, best known for The Chaser, has teamed up with his wife, designer Jessica Roberts, to create their very first children’s book series. When twelve-year-old Bab Sharkey finds a magical beard in the Egyptian desert, it attaches itself to his face, making him the Pharaoh and granting him strange powers. Bab also finds the friends he’s always needed: a pair of undead animals wrapped in bandages called Scaler the Fish Mummy and Prong the Ibis Mummy. But the previous owner of the Beard, the ancient and evil sorceress the Unpharaoh, is determined to get it back. Can Bab and his new Animal Mummy friends banish the Unpharaoh back to the Afterworld? Award-winning Australian comedian Andrew Hansen, best known for The Chaser, has teamed up with his wife, designer Jessica Roberts, to create their very first children’s book series. This hilarious illustrated series is perfect for middle-grade readers with a wacky sense of humour.

Author : Kelly Trumble
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0547562640
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cat Mummies written by Kelly Trumble and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1996-08-16 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clearly written text offers an answer to the question of why ancient Egyptians mummified thousands and thousands of cats. An easy-to-understand introduction to ancient Egyptian history.

Author : Andrew Hansen
Publisher : Walker Books Australia
ISBN 13 : 1760653217
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies: The Giant Moth Mummy (Book 2) written by Andrew Hansen and published by Walker Books Australia. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second book in the hilarious Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies series. A dark river under the world. An Ibis Mummy with an upside-down head. And the whole of Mumphis in peril … from six talking shoes. Boy Pharaoh Bab Sharkey returns to the magic city of the Animal Mummies. Only this time, he faces the grossest weapon ever devised – a giant mummified moth possessed by the spirit of the Unpharaoh herself! Can Bab and his smelly friends defeat this ancient evil?

Author : Andrew Hansen
Publisher : Walker Books Australia
ISBN 13 : 1760653233
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies: The Spongy Void (Book 3) written by Andrew Hansen and published by Walker Books Australia. This book was released on 2020-09-23 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chaser’s Andrew Hansen teams up again with Jessica Roberts for the third hilarious adventure in the Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies series! 4000 years ago, the Unpharaoh knew another powerful magician, who built a secret cursed chamber inside the Great Pyramid of Giza. She tells Cainus to lure Bab to that chamber, where not even the Pharaoh’s Beard will protect him. Bab finds the secret chamber, only to discover it’s the same cursed void that his dad vanished into some years ago. On its spongy walls are hieroglyphs of hundreds of trapped souls. Bab succumbs to the curse and loses his Beard, while at the same time learning a terrible secret about his family. Can he and the Animal Mummies retrieve the Beard before all of Mumphis is lost?

Author : Andrew Hansen
Publisher : Walker Books Australia
ISBN 13 : 1760652741
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies: The Prickly Battle (Book 4) written by Andrew Hansen and published by Walker Books Australia. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chaser’s Andrew Hansen teams up again with Jessica Roberts for the fourth hilarious adventure in the Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies series! From the bonkers brain of celebrated Australian comedian Andrew Hansen and the hilarious head of Jessica Roberts comes Bab Sharkey’s fourth laugh-out-loud book! The Unpharaoh is resurrected once again – this time in the form of an evil beard! With Bab’s pharaoh beard destroyed, he’ll have to team up with Prong, Scaler and the Animal Mummies to stop the Unpharaoh once and for all. Perfect for fans of David Walliams and Ahn Do.