Mummies Made in Egypt

LeVar explores mummies and learns about the art of conserving Egyptian artifacts at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Then CT scan technology provides an inside look at a mummy thousand of years old, and a forensic expert recreates the head of a mummy using intricate skull dimensions.

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Mummies Made in Egypt Feature Book:

Mummies Made in Egypt

This book describes the techniques and the reasons for the use of mummification in ancient Egypt.

Author: Aliki
Illustrator: Aliki
Publisher: Harper Collins

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I Can Be an Archaeologist

I Can Be an Archaeologist

Describes, in simple text and illustrations, archaeology and the work of an archaeologist. Includes a glossary and index.

Author: Robert B. Pickering
Illustrator: Robert B. Pickering
Publisher: Children's Press

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Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile

Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile

Little William Everett Crocodile and his friend Pete, a toothbrush, take a class trip down the Nile to a Cairo museum where they encounter a jewel thief.

Author: Tomie dePaola
Illustrator: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: Putnam & Grosset

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Visiting the Art Museum

Visiting the Art Museum

As a family wanders through an art museum, they see examples of various art styles from primitive through twentieth-century pop art.

Author: Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
Publisher: Penguin

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