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...and More! From pasts that won't stay buried, to thrilling mysteries that you'll love to unravel-- Get wrapped up in these mummy tales! |
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Wrapped
by Jennifer Bradbury
Attracting the attentions of 19th-century England's most eligible bachelors throughout her debut season, Agnes Wilkins wonders if a handsome young collector of Egyptian artifacts may be too good to be true before discovering his true identity as a spy for Napoleon.
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Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts: A History of Burial
by Penny Colman
Providing extensive historical and anthropological research, intimate accounts, and interviews with people who work in the funeral industry, this intriguing book examines the subjects of death and burial across cultures and societies.
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Mummy
by Caroline B. Cooney
Emlyn's plan to take part in a prank one evening turns sour when she realizes that she must not only protect the mummy she helped steal but help save herself from those she thought were her friends.
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Sphinx's Princess
by Esther M. Friesner
Although she is a dutiful daughter, Nefertiti's dancing abilities, remarkable beauty, and intelligence garner attention near and far, so much so that her family is summoned to the Egyptian royal court, where Nefertiti becomes a pawn in the power play of her scheming aunt, Queen Tiye
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Tut : The Story of My Immortal Life
by P. J. Hoover
Granted the gift of immortality by the gods, King Tut has been stuck in middle school for ages and to make things worse, evil General Horemheb, in league with the Cult of Set, is seeking revenge for his imprisonment at Tut's hands
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Reawakened
by Colleen Houck
Confronted by a reawakened Egyptian prince during a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 17-year-old Lilliana is chosen to help him raise his brothers and stop Seth, the shape-shifting god, from conquering the world. By the award-winning author of the Tiger's Curse series. Simultaneous eBook.
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Wrapped Up in You
by Dan Jolley
North Carolina eighteen-year-old Staci tries to keep her friend Faith safe from a group of witches but winds up helping the Incan mummy the group has reanimated, who also happens to be very attractive and charming
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Cleopatra Confesses
by Carolyn Meyer
A tale inspired by the life of Queen Cleopatra follows her ascension to the throne at the age of 18, a rule that is marked by her relationships with two Roman leaders and the ruthless ambitions of her sisters. By the award-winning author of Mary, Bloody Mary.
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Horror Classics: Graphic Classics
by Tom Pomplun
This tenth volume of the Graphic Classics series presents stories by eleven of the original creators of the horror genre, including H.P. Lovecraft's "The Thing on the Doorstep," Edgar Allan Poe's "Some Words with a Mummy," and W.W. Jacobs' "The Monkey's Paw." Plus Saki, Balzac, Jack London, Olive Schreiner, Bret Harte, Howard Garis, Fitz-James O'Brien and Clark Ashton Smith. With art by Michael Manning, Richard Jenkins, Gabrielle Bell, Ryan Inzana and nine more great illustrators.
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The Mummy Congress: Science,Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead
by Heather Anne Pringle
An intriguing study of the mysteries of mummies explores the world of the scientists who devote their own lives to the study of them and examines how mummies have been used, venerated, worshiped, collected, and studied over the course of nearly seven thousand years of history.
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The Red Pyramid
by Rick Riordan
Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane accidentally unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes the doctor to oblivion and forces his two children to embark on a dangerous journey to save him
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The Mummy
by David Robson
Describes the legends of mummies, including the history of mummification in ancient Egypt, the myths arising after Egyptian ruin excavations in the twentieth century, and mummies in popluar culture
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The mummy: Unwrap the Ancient Secrets of the Mummies' Tombs
by Joyce A. Tyldesley
The Mummy follows the history of mummification in Egypt from the dynastic age to the present day, including a consideration of the mummy in modern popular culture, films and literature, and a discussion of modern scientific mummy analysis.'
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The Chaos of Stars
by Kiersten White
Sixteen-year-old Isadora, the mortal daughter of Isis and Osiris, is sick of being in the middle of family drama so she jumps at the chance to leave Egypt and start a new life in San Diego with her brother. By the New York Times best-selling author of Paranormalcy.
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Mummies, Bones & Body Parts
by Charlotte Wilcox
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
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