Mummies (Kingfisher Knowledge Series) Book

Foreword     6
Two ways to make a mummy     7
What is a mummy?     8
The world's first mummy makers     10
Otzi-the man in ice     12
Summary     14
Egypt, the land of mummies     15
Why the Egyptians made mummies     16
How the Egyptians made a mummy     18
Drying and wrapping the body     20
Coffins and canopies     22
Royal mummies     24
Nobles and commoners     26
Animal mummies of Egypt     28
Summary     30
Mummy world     31
Bog bodies of Europe     32
Mummies of Italy and Sicily     34
North America and Greenland     36
South American mummies     38
Mummies of Asia     40
Mummies of the South Pacific     42
Dinosaurs, mammoths, cats, and rats     44
Summary     46
Mummies today     47
Modern mummies     48
Mummy mania     50
Learning from mummies     52
The life and death of Mummy 1770     54
Misused mummies     56
Summary     59
Glossary     60
Index     62
Acknowledgments     64