TY - BOOK AU - Ralphs,Matt AU - Wright,Gordy TI - Secrets of the dead: mummies and other human remains from around the world T2 - British Museum SN - 9798887770819 U1 - 930.1 23/eng/20250116 PY - 2025/// CY - Lincoln, MA PB - Nosy Crow KW - Dead KW - Juvenile literature KW - Funeral rites and ceremonies KW - History KW - Human remains (Archaeology) KW - Morts KW - Ouvrages pour la jeunesse KW - Funérailles KW - Rites et cérémonies KW - Histoire KW - Restes humains (Archéologie) KW - sears KW - Illustrated works KW - lcgft KW - Ouvrages illustrés KW - rvmgf N1 - First published 2022 by Nosy Crow Ltd. in London; "This book is published by Nosy Crow in collaboration with the British Museum."--Page 4 of cover; Includes index; Africa --; Americas --; Europe and the Middle East --; Asia.33615001917; Grades 4-7 N2 - From ancient Egyptian mummies and European bog bodies to the plaster citizens of Pompeii, painted people of the Steppe, and Japanese self-mummifying monks, this book reveals what scientists and experts have uncovered about our ancestors' lives from the bodies they left behind. Find out what people of the past ate, wore, believed in, and much more in this unique and intricately illustrated book ER -