DK Eyewitness Series

DK Eyewitness Pyramid is a unique and fascinating guide to the massive and mysterious pyramids of Egypt. Superb colour photographs of pyramids and temples, and the artefacts found within them, offer a unique "eyewitness" view of these great structures and the people who built them.

Show your child how the pyramids at Giza have stood for more than 4,500 years, the statues of pharaohs and workers and the religious texts written on stone and papyrus. They'll learn all about the riddles surrounding the pyramids, how the pyramids could have been built, and what archaeological finds have revealed about life on the banks of the Nile. Then use the giant pull-out wall chart to decorate their room.

Great for projects or just for fun, make sure your child learns everything they need to know about Pyramids. Find out more and download amazing clipart images at www.clipart.dk.co.uk

DK Eyewitness Books: Mummy

by James Putnam

Published 30 March 2009

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.

DK Eyewitness Guides: Pyramid

by James Putnam

Published 17 July 1997

The pyramids at Giza in Egypt have stood for over 4 500 years and the amazing feat of their construction is shrouded in mystery. This superb collection of specially commissioned photographs tries to answer some of the riddles about them and the people who built them.Discover what archaeological finds have revealed about life on the banks of the Nile during the Pyramid Age. See the pyramids and temples of Egypt and Mexico in breathtaking detail as well as statues of pharoahs officials workers and religious texts written on stone and papyrus thousands of years ago. Reconstructions show the Step Pyramid Complex at Saqqara the interior passages of the Great Pyramid and a pyramid being built.Produced in association with the British Museum London Pyramid is a unique and fascinating introduction to the mysteries of these striking and colossal structurs.

DK Eyewitness Guides: Mummy

by James Putnam

Published 13 November 1997

People have always wanted to live forever. This superb collection of photographs brings the story of how the ancient Egyptians and many other societies around the world preserved their dead as well as the facts about ancient bodies accidentally preserved by ice and sand vividly to life. Learn how different societies prepared for death and see the bodies that escaped the ravages of time from a man sacrificed and thrown into a bog in England in 300 B.C. to a woman freeze-dried in a cave in Greenland over 500 years ago. As well as mummies their wrappings and decorated cases X-rays and 3-D CAT scans get beneath the bandages and under the skin to reveal some surprising secrets about life - and death - lng ago. Produced in association with the British Museum Mummy is a unique and compelling introduction to mummified bodies and what they tell us about our past.