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How to Make a Mummy Talk

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Does the idea of a talking mummy make your teeth chatter and send shivers running down your spine? It shouldn't!

For years mummies have been given a bad wrap. The subject of countless ghost stories and horror movies, mummies are generally thought of as gross and scary. But mummies aren't scary at all. Preserved for thousands of years, mummies are time capsules that allow us to peer back into the past and see what life was like in another age. From a five-thousand-year-old "Iceman" discovered in Europe to a tongue-tied Egyptian mummy named Natsef-Amun, mummies have provided us with fascinating clues about ancient civilizations.

In this funny, fact-filled book, author James Deem takes you on a mummy-discovery tour that spans centuries and continents. You'll learn exactly what mummies are, how they are created, where they have been found, how scientists investigate them, and what they tell us about the people who lived long ago. So sit back, relax, and find out how you too can make a mummy "talk."

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

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August 26, 2011
I read this book because I asked my daughter to read it as part of her homeschooling history curriculum, and I wanted us to be "on the same page" as far as her learning was going. (It is also quite a bit longer than other books in her curriculum and I didn't want her thinking I was giving her work I wouldn't be willing to do myself.)

Although this book is between a 5th-7th grade level, it is PACKED with information on where mummies are found, how they are formed, how scientists learn from them, and what happens to mummies when scientists have finished with them. Even I learned a lot from this book. I think anyone who is interested in mummies, anthropology, or Egyptology but still doesn't know much about it, should pick up this book as a good basic starting point. There is also a good sized bibliography as well as a chapter on which museums usually display the mummies covered in this book are located.
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May 18, 2013
How to Make a Mummy Talk by James M. Deem is a book I am reading for a Social Studies Academic Literacy project. My topic is mummies and this book is packed with information on them. I just started and I already found so many things I needed to know. Two facts I learned were that mummies were first made in South America and sometimes in ancient Egypt; cats were born just to be killed and mummified to honor pharaohs. This book is really helpful for my project and I would suggest this book to readers who don’t really prefer non-fiction if you are interested in this topic: mummies.
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