Wilcox, Charlotte.

Mummies, bones & body parts / Mummies, bones and body parts Charlotte Wilcox. - Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c2000. - 64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 x 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-60) and index.

The long rest -- Looking after the dead -- How old are they? -- What killed them? -- Who were they? -- What to do with mummies and bones.

Describes the wide variety of human remains, the use and abuse of them, what they reveal about life in the past, and contemporary attitudes toward the dead.

ISBN: 1575054280

LCCN: 99050516

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mummies.
Human remains (Archaeology)
Funeral rites and ceremonies.

LC Class. No.: GN293 / .W56 2000

Dewey Class. No.: 599.97