Pyramids and mummies /
Anne Bolton.
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm.
Published in a triangle form.
Ancient Egypt -- Gods of Egypt -- King of the dead -- Making a mummy -- Dressing the dead -- Journey to the afterlife -- Stairways to the sky -- Khufu's great pyramid -- The sphinx -- Robbers -- Spells and stories -- Tutankhamun -- The mummy's curse -- Animal mummies -- Heiroglyphs -- Asps and ladders.
Examines how the ancient Egyptians prepared for the afterlife, covering such topics as entombment, mummification, funeral messages in hieroglyphics, and measures taken to thwart tomb raiders. Presented in a pyramid-shaped book.