Books with author James%20Putnam

Help your child learn all about mummies using this fact-packed guide. Let your child be an eyewitness to the amazing secrets of ancient mummies from different countries and cultures—from the chemicals Egyptians used to embalm the dead of Egypt to the artifacts buried with bodies to take into the afterlife; let your child learn all about the varied and fascinating ways people have preserved the dead in bogs, sand, and ice.The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures.

A magnificently illustrated, interactive pop-up book chronicles the history of ancient Egypt and its diverse cultural innovations, covering everything to the construction of the Egyptian pyramids and the elaborate mummification process, to the mysterious rites performed at an Egyptian god's temple and the ancient hieroglyphic writings. 20,000 first printing.