mummies

Skippyjon Jones, a Siamese kitten who thinks he's a Chihuahua, dreams of traveling to ancient Egypt with his gang of Chihuahua amigos.

"Lavishly entombed pharaohs like King Tut have forever linked mummification with Egypt in our minds. But the Egyptians were 3,000 years behind at least one South American culture. watch archaeologists at work in Chile, unraveling the mystery of the ancient Chinchuorro's black mummy. Then, travel to Bolivia, near Lake Titicaca, where archaeologists and astronomers alike have been puzzled for centuries by the structural remains of a lost city and the strange arrangement of pillars -- possibly astrological in purpose -- nestled high in the Andes."--Container.

"Unwrap the mysteries of the ancient Egyptian mummies in this . . . illustrated book, created in consultation with . . . Egyptologists from the British Museum. Filled with . . . detail, uncover secrets of the embalmers, tales of the tomb robbers, and even how pets were mummified"--Dust jacket.

"Things have gone very, very wrong. You have woken a mummy. What would you do if you were cursed by an ancient Egyptian ruler back from the dead? Explore the pyramids, learn how to break an ancient curse, and more!"--Provided by publisher.

"From Egyptian pharaohs to bodies trapped in bogs, young readers will learn about human and animal mummies throughout history. This book explores how mummies are made and the spooky stories around them"--Provided by publisher.

The Boxcar Children investigate when everything seems to go wrong for the Greenfield Museum as soon as the Museum displays a four-thousand-year-old ancient Egyptian mummy.

Happy Silverman is more than a little excited for his class trip to the museum. He loves learning about Ancient Egypt and can't wait to see real mummies. At the museum, Happy leans as close to the mummy display as he possibly can--and something strange happens. His head spins and he hears an unfamiliar voice ringing inside his mind. The mummy is inside Happy's brain and needs his help--or else!.

"Happy Silverman is more than a little excited for his class trip to the museum. He loves learning about Ancient Egypt and can't wait to see real mummies. At the museum, Happy leans as close to the mummy display as he possibly can―and something strange happens. His head spins and he hears an unfamiliar voice ringing inside his mind. The mummy is inside Happy's brain and need his help―or else!"--Back cover.

"Did you know that ancient Egyptian mummy makers had special tools to extract brains through the nose? Or that before mummies became objects of scientific interest, people used to burn them as fuel? This book provides young readers with answers to these and other questions about mummies"--OCLC.