Mangy Mummies Menacing Pharaohs And The Awful Afterlife

Author : Kay Barnham
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 1482431270
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mangy Mummies, Menacing Pharaohs, and the Awful Afterlife written by Kay Barnham and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From feast days of gods and goddesses to victory celebrations, the ancient Egyptians looked for any excuse to throw a party. However, the largest social group included slaves, laborers, and peasants who worked really hard and likely didn’t get to enjoy these occasions as much as the pharaoh or his family. Fun facts about how mummies were created, the ins and outs of the Egyptians gods and goddesses, and more engage readers in an important historical period. A colorful layout, complete with comical illustrations, complements the main content’s lighthearted tone and entertaining take on ancient Egypt.

Author : Kay Barnham
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mangy Mummies, Menacing Pharaohs and the Awful Afterlife written by Kay Barnham and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kay Barnham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781482431285
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mangy Mummies, Menacing Pharaohs, and the Awful Afterlife written by Kay Barnham and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From feast days of gods and goddesses to victory celebrations, the ancient Egyptians looked for any excuse to throw a party. However, the largest social group included slaves, laborers, and peasants who worked really hard and likely didnt get to enjoy these occasions as much as the pharaoh or his family. Fun facts about how mummies were created, the ins and outs of the Egyptians gods and goddesses, and more engage readers in an important historical period. A colorful layout, complete with comical illustrations, complements the main contents lighthearted tone and entertaining take on ancient Egypt.

Author : Kay Barnham
Publisher : Wayland
ISBN 13 : 9780750289979
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Awfully Ancient: Mangy Mummies, Menacing Pharoahs and Awful Afterlife written by Kay Barnham and published by Wayland. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome, reader, to Ancient Egypt! Take a trip back in time with us and find out what it was like to live in this powerful civilisation - from fear-inducing pharaohs and grotesque gods to extraordinary embalming techniques and amazing architecture! Did Cleopatra really bathe in milk? How did Egyptians try to cure poor eyesight? And what did the weighing-of-the-heart involve? Hilariously illustrated by Tom Morgan-Jones, and crammed full of fascinating (and gruesome) facts, this is high-interest history for children of 9+.

Author : John Malam
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 1482421801
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mummies written by John Malam and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mummies, whether they're preserved by people or nature, are a fascinating way to examine different cultures around the world. While most people know about mummies from ancient Egypt, the first mummies were made more than 7,000 years ago in South America. Anthropologists can only guess why, most likely because of a belief in life after death. Readers will be awed as they discover how different cultures perfected their mummification process. Well-chosen photographs and illustrations will reveal the incredible preserving powers of peat. Gruesome discoveries and even modern mummies are all highlighted in this book, which includes 100 facts about magnificent mummies.

Author : Jo Marchant
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0306821346
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shadow King written by Jo Marchant and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 3,000 years ago, King Tutankhamun's desiccated body was lovingly wrapped and sent into the future as an immortal god. After resting undisturbed for more than three millennia, King Tut's mummy was suddenly awakened in 1922. Archaeologist Howard Carter had discovered the boy-king's tomb, and the soon-to-be famous mummy's story--even more dramatic than King Tut's life--began. The mummy's "afterlife" is a modern story, not an ancient one. Award-winning science writer Jo Marchant traces the mummy's story from its first brutal autopsy in 1925 to the most recent arguments over its DNA. From the glamorous treasure hunts of the 1920s to today's high-tech scans in volatile modern Egypt, Marchant introduces us to the brilliant and sometimes flawed people who have devoted their lives to revealing the mummy's secrets, unravels the truth behind the hyped-up TV documentaries, and explains what science can and can't tell us about King Tutankhamun.

Author : Ruth Owen
Publisher : Weigl Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1489676759
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life of an Egyptian Mummy written by Ruth Owen and published by Weigl Publishers. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ancient Egypt, a queen has died. In their workshop, embalmers are preserving her body. Why did the ancient Egyptians believe that a person’s body must be preserved forever? How did they turn the bodies of the dead into mummies? And what happened to a mummy once it had been carefully prepared?

Author : David Stewart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Top 10 Worst Creepy Egyptian Mummies written by David Stewart and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume lists ten mummies from ancient Egypt, each of which has something "creepy" about it.

Author : Thomas Joseph Pettigrew
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Egyptian Mummies written by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Françoise Dunand
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801444722
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mummies and Death in Egypt written by Françoise Dunand and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Today, a good century after the first X-rays of mummies, Egyptology has the benefit of all the methods and means at the disposal of forensic medicine. The 'mummy stories' we tell have changed their tone, but they have enjoyed much success, with fantastic scientific and technological results resolving the mysteries of the ancient land of the pharaohs."--from the Foreword Mummies are the things that fascinate us most about ancient Egypt. But what are mummies? How did the Egyptians create them? And why? What became of the people they once were? We are learning more all the time about the cultural processes surrounding mummification and the medical characteristics of ancient Egyptian mummies. In the first part of Mummies and Death in Egypt Françoise Dunand gives an overview of the history of mummification in Egypt from the prehistoric to the Roman period. She thoroughly describes the preparations of the dead (tombs and their furnishings, funerary offerings, ornamentation of the corpse, coffins, and canopic jars), and she includes a separate chapter on the mummification of animals. She links these various practices and behaviors to the religious beliefs of classical Egypt. In the second part of this book, Roger Lichtenberg, a physician and archaeologist, offers a fascinating narrative of his forensic research on mummies, much of it conducted with a portable X-ray machine on archaeological digs. His findings have revealed new information on the ages of the mummified, their causes of death, and the illnesses and injuries they suffered. Together, Dunand and Lichtenberg provide a state-of-the-art account of the science of mummification and its social and religious context.