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Wilcox, Charlotte

Mummies, Bones, and Body Parts

64 pp. | Carolrhoda | August, 2000 | Library ISBN 1-57505-428-0 $$25.26 | Paper ISBN 1-57505-486-8 $$7.95
(3) 4-6 This well-researched book looks at attitudes toward death and the dead from ancient times to the present. The accessible text examines prepared mummies and those preserved by climactic conditions and discusses what these finds can tell scientists about past cultures. Plenty of well-chosen photos of human remains enhance the text (a few are a bit difficult to decipher). A list of websites and an annotated bibliography are appended. Glos., ind.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

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