Download or read book Top 10 Worst Creepy Egyptian Mummies You Wouldn t Want to Meet written by James Stewart and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title explores some of the most gruesome mummies in the history of Egyptology. It also looks at the lives and cultures of the ancient Egyptians, examining how, why, when and where they mummified their dead for the journey to the afterlife.
Download or read book Creepy Egyptian Mummies written by David Stewart and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 34 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.
Download or read book Mummies Made in Egypt written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the techniques and the reasons for the use of mummification in ancient Egypt.
Download or read book The Tale of the Egyptian Mummies written by Mark Mitchell and published by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amy Carr is dying to visit her best friend Laura, who lives with her father, an archeologist at Midwest University. But when she arrives, she discovers that she's not the only one visiting Midwest. Hundreds of rats are swarming the town. And two mummies, remnants of the ancient Rat Witches, have been taken from their tombs in Egpyt and brought to the university for study. These Egyptian witches have been freed from their spell-sealed tombs - but can they escape from their decaying bodies? As the mummies and their magic pursue Annie and Laura, the girls find themselves wrapped up in danger with little chance to escape . . .
Download or read book YOU WOULDN T WANT TO BE AN EGYPTIAN MUMMY written by DAVID. STEWART and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Egyptian Mummies and Coffins of the Denver Museum of Nature Science written by Michele L. Koons and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the 1980s, Denver Museum of Nature & Science acquired two ancient Egyptian mummies and coffins. The mummies are from an unknown locale and have been subject of unpublished scientific and unscientific analyses. The DMNS staff scientists decided to reexamine the mummies and coffins using new and innovative techniques"--
Download or read book The Mummy s Curse written by Roger Luckhurst and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-25 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quirky history that offers a new way of understanding the myth of the mummy's curse. Roger Luckhurst provides a startling path through the cultural history of Victorian England and its colonial possessions.
Download or read book Mummies written by Christopher Sloan and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigate mysteries from the grave in this creepy-fun compendium of the world's most fascinating mummies. Learn what the experts have discovered about each mummy's life and death.
Download or read book The Scientific Study of Mummies written by Arthur C. Aufderheide and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents
Download or read book The Mummy s Curse written by Jeremy Westphal and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Engaging images accompany information about the Mummy's Curse. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Egyptian Myth A Very Short Introduction written by Geraldine Pinch and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004-04-22 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explains the cultural and historical background to the fascinating and complex world of Egyptian myth, with each chapter dealing with a particular theme.
Download or read book Ten Little Mummies written by Philip Yates and published by Viking Juvenile. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten little mummies become bored with staying in a room together all day but when they go outside to play they disappear, one by one.
Download or read book Fury From the Tomb written by SA Sidor and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mummies, grave-robbing ghouls, hopping vampires, and evil monks beset a young archaeologist, in this fast-paced Indiana Jones-style adventure Saqqara, Egypt, 1888, and in the booby-trapped tomb of an ancient sorcerer, Rom, a young Egyptologist, makes the discovery of a lifetime: five coffins and an eerie, oversized sarcophagus. But the expedition seems cursed, for after unearthing the mummies, all but Rom die horribly. He faithfully returns to America with his disturbing cargo, continuing by train to Los Angeles, home of his reclusive sponsor. When the train is hijacked by murderous banditos in the Arizona desert, who steal the mummies and flee over the border, Rom – with his benefactor’s rebellious daughter, an orphaned Chinese busboy, and a cold-blooded gunslinger – must ride into Mexico to bring the malevolent mummies back. If only mummies were their biggest problem… File Under: Fantasy
Download or read book Queen of Kings written by Maria Dahvana Headley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-05-12 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this stunningly original debut, go beyond the legend of Queen Cleopatra and discover a passion steeped in the bloodlust of vampires… The year is 30 BC. A messenger delivers word to Queen Cleopatra that her beloved husband, Antony, has died at his own hand. Desperate to save her kingdom, Cleopatra strikes a mortal bargain in exchange for Antony’s soul, transforming her into an immortal—a vampire with superhuman strength and an insatiable hunger for blood. Leaving a trail of fiery retribution, Cleopatra journeys from the tombs of Egypt to the ancient underworld in order to meet her husband again. But to resurrect him, Cleopatra will need to challenge mythical beings with power beyond comprehension—risking the fate of both this world and the next for a love that will not die…
Download or read book Ancient Faces written by Susan Walker and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2000 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in conjunction with an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, February-May 2000, the first major showing in North America of stunning painted mummy portraits that represent a confluence of ancient Egyptian and Roman cultures and the Graeco-Roman painting tradition. The catalog concentrates closely on the paintings, their artistry, and their social context and meaning. Seven contributed essays set the context. The 122 color and 23 bandw illustrations are fully discussed and described by editor Walker, who is affiliated with the British Museum. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Beware the Pharaoh s Tomb written by Michael Teitelbaum and published by Bearport Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam had been dying to go on a class field trip to the Ancient Egypt exhibit at the museum. But now, as he lay inside a sarcophagus with the closed lid blocking out all light, he began to panic. What would it feel like to spend eternity inside a tomb? Was there anything worse? Sam was about to find out.
Download or read book National Geographic Kids Mummies written by Elizabeth Carney and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes mummies, both natural and man-made.
