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Mummies, bones & body parts / Charlotte Wilcox.

By: Wilcox, Charlotte.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c2000Description: 64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 x 25 cm.ISBN: 1575054280.Subject(s): Mummies -- Juvenile literature | Human remains (Archaeology) -- Juvenile literature | Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Juvenile literature | Mummies | Human remains (Archaeology) | Funeral rites and ceremoniesDDC classification: 599.97
Contents:
The long rest -- Looking after the dead -- How old are they? -- What killed them? -- Who were they? -- What to do with mummies and bones.
Summary: Describes the wide variety of human remains, the use and abuse of them, what they reveal about life in the past, and contemporary attitudes toward the dead.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-60) and index.

The long rest -- Looking after the dead -- How old are they? -- What killed them? -- Who were they? -- What to do with mummies and bones.

Describes the wide variety of human remains, the use and abuse of them, what they reveal about life in the past, and contemporary attitudes toward the dead.

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