This book describes in detail the excavation and analysis of an archaeological site at Qilakitsoq in west Greenland with graves containing the mummies of six Inuit who were buried there about 1475 A.D. It includes analysis of skin clothing and footwear, tattooing, diet, burial c…
How did they die? Why were they buried together? What had been the nature of their culture and beliefs? How had they survived in the harsh Arctic climate?.
This book describes in detail the excavation and analysis of an archaeological site at Qilakitsoq in west Greenland with graves containing the mummies of six Inuit who were buried there about 1475 A.D. It includes analysis of skin clothing and footwear, tattooing, diet, burial c…
The Greenland mummies
How did they die? Why were they buried together? What had been the nature of their culture and beliefs? How had they survived in the harsh Arctic climate? To solve this icy mystery, a team of archaeologists, historians, and medical specialists used modern, innovative investigati…
How did tartan-wearing Indo-Europeans come to be in Asia 2,000 years before West and East admitted each others existence? Describing their discovery of the Tarim Mummies and revealing the attempts of scientists to determine their ethnic identity, the authors examine all the evid…
"Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires charts in vivid detail the largely forgotten history of European corpse medicine, when kings, ladies, gentlemen, priests and scientists prescribed, swallowed or wore human blood, flesh, bone, fat, brains and skin against epilepsy, bruising, wound…
"Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires charts in vivid detail the largely forgotten history of European corpse medicine, when kings, ladies, gentlemen, priests and scientists prescribed, swallowed or wore human blood, flesh, bone, fat, brains and skin against epilepsy, bruising, wound…
"Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires charts in vivid detail the largely forgotten history of European corpse medicine, when kings, ladies, gentlemen, priests and scientists prescribed, swallowed or wore human blood, flesh, bone, fat, brains and skin against epilepsy, bruising, wound…
"Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires charts in vivid detail the largely forgotten history of European corpse medicine, when kings, ladies, gentlemen, priests and scientists prescribed, swallowed or wore human blood, flesh, bone, fat, brains and skin against epilepsy, bruising, wound…
"Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires charts in vivid detail the largely forgotten history of European corpse medicine, when kings, ladies, gentlemen, priests and scientists prescribed, swallowed or wore human blood, flesh, bone, fat, brains and skin against epilepsy, bruising, wound…
"When science journalist Heather Pringle was dispatched to a remote part of northern Chile to cover a little-known scientific conference, she found herself in the midst of the most passionate gathering of her working life - dozens of mummy experts lodged in a rambling seaside ho…
Describes the knowledge gained from scientific studies of mummified bodies in the Cairo Museum.
The members of the time traveling club, SLIP, journey to ancient Egypt to uncover the truth about a mummy's curse.
The SLIP (Secret Living In the Past) time travelers are back for another action-packed adventure--this time to ancient Egypt. These 128-page books are perfect for elementary and middle grade students who can read alone confidently.