Popular children’s author Aliki makes ancient Egypt accessible to your young ones! With of full color, age-appropriate illustrations, Aliki describes and illustrates the techniques and the reasons for the use of mummification in ancient Egypt. Youngsters will learn helpful vocabulary about the process as well as why mummification was necessary to the Egyptian culture, and a little about the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt. 32 pages, softcover. Ages 4 to 8.