Hollihan, Kerrie Logan.

Mummies exposed! / Kerrie Logan Hollihan. - New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, c2019. - x, 194 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm. - Creepy and true ; #1 . - Creepy and true ; #1. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-187) and index.

What's behind curtain number one? -- The moche mommy and many more mummies -- Otzi the Italian iceman -- Boggy bodies in tanning beds -- Arm tattoo in inky blue : the Altai princess -- Sick : mummy medical mysteries -- Material girl in the afterlife : China's Lady Dai -- High and dry : the Inca children -- The meditating monks : hiding in plain sight -- Wrap-up : the good, the not as good, and the infamous.

Just when you think that you know everything there is to know about mummies, new ones are discovered! Packed with facts but light in tone, this book introduces young readers to the most compelling examples of mummies from all over the world. There are many books about Egyptian mummies, but Mummies Exposed! goes beyond what you expect and uncovers both old favorites and recent discoveries; among them a Moche princess in Peru, the bog people of England and Ireland, and a Buddhist monk discovered within a sculpture!

ISBN: 9781419731679 141973167X

LCCN: 2018014310

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mummies--Juvenile literature.
Ice mummies--Juvenile literature.
Human remains (Archaeology)--Juvenile literature.
Civilization, Ancient--Miscellanea--Juvenile literature.

Dewey Class. No.: 393/.3