Outside and Inside Mummies
by Sandra Markle
Review-
From School Library JournalGrade 5-8–Markle explores a global smorgasbord of mummy varieties, both those created by human procedures and those caused by nature. Crisp (if gruesome) color photos accompany the readable, informative text, which discusses not only the mummification process, but also the cutting-edge technologies used by forensic anthropologists and others to study the mummies themselves. From endoscopies to CT scans, through scanning electron microscopes to acid washes and DNA analysis, the author presents an up-to-date look at modern forensics applied to ancient human remains. A new glimpse into a long-ago world.–Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
2 comments:
This is a great nonfiction text for the elementary grades. Students can learn about mummies and how we can learn so much about past history by studying them. I myself am so fascinated by history, especially by how well mummies were preserved back then. My students loved this book, of course, because it had to do with mummies and the pictures seem to come to life.
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