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MUMMIESMUMMIESRELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

What's Inside:
  • What a Mummy Is
  • How a Mummy Is Prepared
  • Mummy Cases
  • Tombs
  • X-rays and CAT Scans
  • Tutankhamen
  • Animal Mummies
  • Other Mummies
Features:
  • DIAGRAMS
  • MAPS
  • LEXILE® READING LEVEL: 970L
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“Hollywood horror films have helped make mummies famous-and feared. “Fear Will Freeze You When You Face… The Mummy!” announced a poster for the 1959 movie The Mummy. “The Mummy… It Comes to Life!” declared another. Viewers of mummy movies quiver on the edge of their seats as wrapped-up monsters, angry from having their sleep disturbed, spring to life. But mummies shouldn't be feared-really. A mummy…”
RELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS
7 WONDERS7 WONDERS
"Turn the pages of almost any magazine and you'll come across a top-ten list. It might be the year's best songs or movies or places to visit. But one of the oldest top-ten lists is actually a top-seven list! More than 2,100 years ago, a Greek poet, Antipater of Sidon, made a list of what he thought were the most spectacular creations of his day. Most of them he had not even seen! Nobody knows exactly. . . "
ANCIENT EGYPTANCIENT EGYPT
"What's the first word that comes to mind when you hear "ancient Egypt"? Mummies? Pyramids? Pharaohs? Mummies, pyramids, and pharaohs were all important parts of life in ancient Egypt. But there is much more to know about this long-lasting civilization. Come visit the ancient Egyptians where their civilization began-on the banks of the Nile River. The earliest known settlements in Egypt were farming. . . "
PYRAMIDSPYRAMIDS
"Egypt's pyramids are the oldest stone buildings in the world. They were built nearly five thousand years ago. These ancient tombs are also among the world's largest structures. The biggest is taller than a 40-story building and covers an area greater than that of ten football fields. Men built these huge structures without the help of equipment that we have today, such as cranes and bulldozers.. . . "
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
  • Mummies Made in Egypt (Reading Rainbow Book). By Aliki, Harper Trophy, 1985.
  • Lift the Lid on Mummies: Unravel the Mysteries of Egyptian Tombs and Make Your Own Mummy! By Jacqueline Dineen, Running Press Book Publishers, 1998.
  • Mummy (DK EYEWITNESS BOOKS). By James Putnam, DK CHILDREN, 2004.
  • Secrets of the Mummies (DK Readers). By Harriet Griffey, DK CHILDREN, 1998
  • Don't Know Much About Mummies (Don't Know Much About). By Kenneth C. Davis, S. D. Schindler, HarperCollins, 2005.
  • Amazing World of Mummies. By Fiona MacDonald, Lorenz Books Childrens (March 25, 2005)
  • The Big Book of Mummies. By Claire Llewellyn, Peter Bedrick, 2001
ADULT BOOKS
  • Mummies and Their Mysteries. By Charlotte Wilcox, Carolrhoda Books, 1994
  • Egyptian Mummies: Revised Edition (British Museum Paperbacks). By Carol Andrews, Harvard University Press, 2004
WEBSITES
  • King Tut One: www.kingtutone.com
  • Mummy Tombs: www.mummytombs.com
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
  • Egyptian Art Galley, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.