British Museum: Secrets of the Dead

Travel back in time to discover mummies and other human remains from around the world!

From ancient Egyptian mummies and European bog bodies to Scythian maidens and Japanese self-mummifying monks, this book will show you what scientists and historical experts have uncovered about out ancestors' lives from the bodies they left behind.

Where did these people live? What food did they eat? How did they have fun? And why were their bodies so well-preserved? Find out the answers to these questions and many more fascinating secrets of the dead inside . . .