Mummy:Unwrap Ancient Secret

by Joyce Tyldelsey

Popular, affordable, heavily and well illustrated in good color and black and white. Tyldesley treats fact, the methods of realizing it in the 19th and 20th centuries, and fiction. For the coffee table. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Genres: History, Egyptology, Nonfiction, Egypt

128 pages, Hardcover

First published October 28, 2002

Reviews

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

O mumiach, mumifikacji, legendach, kulcie faraonów, mitologii egipskiej i rytuałach. Dla pasjonatów starożytnego Egiptu.

[Michele · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tyldesley's The Mummy is an excellent overarching introduction to mummies and the cultural practice of mummification by the ancient Egyptians, starting with the mythology of Osiris all the way to the portrayal of mummies in contemporary (for 1999) popular culture. The illustrations are well thought out and in some cases, are visuals that get away the typical images usually seen.

This is a good starting point book and includes a shortlist of further reading texts.

[Susan Liston · Rating 4 out of 5]

Everything you've ever wanted to know about mummies that a coffee table type book can tell you.

[Miranda · Rating 5 out of 5]

The pictures in this book are AMAZING.. very good portrayal of the Ancient Egyptians.