Mummies, Tombs, and Treasure - Secrets of Ancient Egypt

Zusatztext "An impressively researched and invitingly written volume." Booklist, ALA, Starred Review Informationen zum Autor Lila Perl Yerkow (1921-2013) received a B. A. from Brooklyn College and studied at both Columbia University and New York University. She began writing children's books when her children started elementary school. Yerkow wrote more than 60 books in her lifetime, including the Fat Glenda series, The Great Ancestor Hunt: The Fun of Finding Out Who You Are, and Behind Barbed Wire: The Story of Japanese Internment During World War II. In 1996, she co-authored Marion Blumenthal Lazan's memoir, Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story.    Klappentext A fascinating and thorough account of the Egyptian process of mummification and efforts to safeguard places of burial against thieves. Zusammenfassung A fascinating and thorough account of the Egyptian process of mummification and efforts to safeguard places of burial against thieves.

Product details

• Authors: Lila Perl, Lila/ Weihs Perl, Erika Weihs, Lila Perl Yerkow
• Assisted by: Erika Weihs (Illustration)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 10 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.09.1990
• EAN: 9780395547960
• ISBN: 978-0-395-54796-0
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 229 mm x 6 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Africa, Ancient World, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Wildlife and habitats, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Animals / Animal Welfare, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Animals / Dogs, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Girls & Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION: People & Places / Africa, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / Africa, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Animals / Pets, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Diversity & Multicultural, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Animals / Nocturnal, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / Ancient, kid;history;nonfiction;ancient