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Mummies made in Egypt / written and illustrated by Aliki.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Reading rainbow bookPublication details: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, [1985], ©1979.Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780064460118
  • 0064460118
  • 9780812444018
  • 0812444019
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Describes the techniques and the reasons for the use of mummification in ancient Egypt.Summary: "A mummy is a mystery--hidden in layers of ancient bandage, bedecked with priceless jewels. Why did the Egyptians of long ago prepare and wrap their dead to last forever? And how did they do it? Step by step, follow the process that took seventy days--from the embalmer's slab, where the corpse was made ready, down into the tomb, where the mummy was sealed away and sent to its new life in eternity."--Page [4] of cover.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 932.01 A411 Available 33111010908628
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Aliki describes and illustrates the techniques and the reasons for the use of mummification in ancient Egypt.

"A Harper Trophy book"--Title page verso.

Series for paperback edition.

Describes the techniques and the reasons for the use of mummification in ancient Egypt.

"A mummy is a mystery--hidden in layers of ancient bandage, bedecked with priceless jewels. Why did the Egyptians of long ago prepare and wrap their dead to last forever? And how did they do it? Step by step, follow the process that took seventy days--from the embalmer's slab, where the corpse was made ready, down into the tomb, where the mummy was sealed away and sent to its new life in eternity."--Page [4] of cover.

Ages 8-12.

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