Mummy Mysteries

Author(s): Joyce A. Tyldesley

Children & Young Adult

An illustrated book that provides an introduction to the unique legacy of Ancient Egypt, in particular its spectacular tombs, pyramids, mummification rituals and Tutamkhamun's treasures.

General Information

  • : 9781844428281
  • : Carlton Books Ltd
  • : Carlton Books Ltd
  • : 01 September 2007
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Joyce A. Tyldesley
  • : Hardback
  • : 32
  • : 100 colour photographs & artworks

More About The Product

Joyce Tyldesley is an experienced Egyptologist and author, whose many publications include the best-selling Egypt: How a Lost Civilization was Rediscovered (BBC Books). Better known to children throughout the world as Dig magazine's "Dr Dig" (www.digonsite.com), she writes a regular question and answer column for young archaeologists, and has published many child-friendly articles on the ancient world. Her most recent book for children, Stories from Ancient Egypt, has received glowing reviews in Britain, the US and Australia, and is about to be published in Japan.

Front End Paper - Timeline; Life and Death in Ancient Egypt; King of the Dead; Making a Mummy; Dressing the Dead; Journey to the Afterlife; Stairways to the Sky; Khufu's Great Pyramid; The Sphinx; Robbers!; Spells and Stories; Tutankhamen - The Boy King; The Mummy's Curse; Animal Mummies; Back End Paper - Game/answer to riddle.