基本信息出版社：Southwater
页码：64 页
出版日期：2000年10月
ISBN：1842152319
International Standard Book Number：1842152319
条形码：9781842152317
EAN：9781842152317
装帧：平装
正文语种：英语

内容简介 Dig deep to unearth the the macabre secrets and glittering treasures held by mummies in their tombs for thousands of years. Discover page by page who was mummified and why. You will find the most and least successful ways to preserve a body, magic charms, mysterious gods and secret spells. Meet the Chinese emperor who was buried with an army of life-sized model soldiers, the princess buried in a suit of precious jade and the Sicilian girl preserved by her loving father. Find out how scientists succeed in piecing together everyday life in the past from the remains of the dead.