Montgomery, Heather L.
Mummies : truth and rumors / by Heather L. Montgomery ; illustrations by Eldon Doty. - Mankato, MN : Capstone Press, 2010. - 32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. - Edge books : truth and rumors .
Includes index and glossary.
Includes bibliographic references.
Mummies ... what's real? -- Were mummies used as medicine? -- Was King Tut murdered? -- Is King Tut's tomb cursed? -- Did trains burn mummies for fuel? -- Did people catch cholera from mummy linen? -- Is a dinosaur the oldest mummy? -- Did a mummy sink Titanic? -- Did Incan mummies curse people? -- Is Vladimir Lenin's mummy a fake? -- Is Walt Disney's mummy hidden in Disneylalnd? -- Did upset mothers make the first mummies? - Fact or fiction? : how to tell the difference.
Labels common stories about mummies as fact or fiction and teaches readers how to tell the difference between truth and rumors.
3-4. 3-9. IG 790L Lexile.
9781429639507 1429639504 $25.32
2009028653
Tutankhamen, King of Egypt.
Mummies.
Curiosities and wonders.
GN293
393/.3
Mummies : truth and rumors / by Heather L. Montgomery ; illustrations by Eldon Doty. - Mankato, MN : Capstone Press, 2010. - 32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. - Edge books : truth and rumors .
Includes index and glossary.
Includes bibliographic references.
Mummies ... what's real? -- Were mummies used as medicine? -- Was King Tut murdered? -- Is King Tut's tomb cursed? -- Did trains burn mummies for fuel? -- Did people catch cholera from mummy linen? -- Is a dinosaur the oldest mummy? -- Did a mummy sink Titanic? -- Did Incan mummies curse people? -- Is Vladimir Lenin's mummy a fake? -- Is Walt Disney's mummy hidden in Disneylalnd? -- Did upset mothers make the first mummies? - Fact or fiction? : how to tell the difference.
Labels common stories about mummies as fact or fiction and teaches readers how to tell the difference between truth and rumors.
3-4. 3-9. IG 790L Lexile.
9781429639507 1429639504 $25.32
2009028653
Tutankhamen, King of Egypt.
Mummies.
Curiosities and wonders.
GN293
393/.3