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British Museum: Secrets of the Dead: Mummies and Other Human Remains from Around the World

Hardback

Main Details

Title British Museum: Secrets of the Dead: Mummies and Other Human Remains from Around the World
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Matt Ralphs
Illustrated by Gordy Wright
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:64
Dimensions(mm): Height 297,Width 258
ISBN/Barcode 9781788009003
ClassificationsDewey:930.1
Audience
Children's (6-12)

Publishing Details

Publisher Nosy Crow Ltd
Imprint Nosy Crow Ltd
Publication Date 1 September 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Travel back in time to discover secrets of mummies and other human remains from around the world in this fascinating book, publishing 100 years after the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb. From ancient Egyptian mummies and European bog bodies to the plaster citizens of Pompeii, painted people of the Steppe and Japanese self-mummifying monks, this book reveals what scientists and experts have uncovered about our ancestors' lives from the bodies they left behind. Find out what these people ate, wore, believed in, enjoyed doing and much, much more in this unique and stunningly illustrated book. With an engaging text by Matt Ralphs, written in consultation with experts from the British Museum, and beautiful, respectful artwork by Gordy Wright, this is a book that will delight and inspire anyone aged 9+ with an interest in history, archaeology and anthropology.

Author Biography

Matt Ralphs (Author) Matt Ralphs is a freelance writer of children's fiction and non-fiction. While working for many years as an editor he helped other writers create novels, comics, and lavish art books, including special editions made from engraved metal, branded wood and demon skin. He lives on the Grand Union Canal in England on a boat he christened Nostromo because Alien is his favourite film. Gordy Wright (Illustrator) Gordy is a UK based illustrator, printmaker and picture book maker who grew up in a small town on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors. He later moved south to Bristol to study illustration at the University of the West of England. When he's not painting and making books he enjoys being outside, be it riding his bike, having mini adventures in the countryside or just watching the birds in the garden. He also has an unhealthy addiction to collecting houseplants. More of Gordy's work can be found at gordywright.com.