02044cam a2200421 4500 1992761233 TxAuBib 20250304120000.0 250108t20252022||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9798887770819 TxAuBib Ralphs, Matt, author. Secrets of the dead : mummies and other human remains from around the world / written by Matt Ralphs ; illustrated by Gordy Wright. Mummies and other human remains from around the world. Lincoln, MA : Nosy Crow, 2025. ©2022. 61 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 30 cm. "This book is published by Nosy Crow in collaboration with the British Museum."--Page 4 of cover. Includes index. 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. Grades 4-7. 20250304. Dead Juvenile literature. Funeral rites and ceremonies History Juvenile literature. Funeral rites and ceremonies History. Human remains (Archaeology) Juvenile literature. Human remains (Archaeology.) Dead. Mummies Juvenile literature. Archaeology Juvenile literature. History Technology. History Ancient. History Civilization & Culture. History Juvenile non-fiction. History Morbid Death. History Social History. Wright, Gordy, illustrator.