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The mummy The mummy Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge Museum officials tell us that mummies get more attention from museum-goers than any other ancient objects. Although many Egyptian customs and practices were to be found in other parts of Africa, mumm… OL1146258W
Gideon and the Mummy Professor Gideon and the Mummy Professor Kathleen Karr In 1855, twelve-year-old Gideon and his ne'er-do-well father work their way down the Mississippi in a second-rate vaudeville act about life in ancient Egypt accompanied by a mummy with a very special… OL14912264W
Mummies Don't Coach Softball Mummies Don't Coach Softball Debbie Dadey The kids decide to find out if the clumsy new softball coach, who keeps wrapping up his injuries in bandages, is really a mummy. OL14912865W
The Mystery of the Mummy's Curse The Mystery of the Mummy's Curse Gertrude Chandler Warner,Liz Brizzi,Hodges Soileau The Greenfield Museum is holding a special exhibit about ancient Egypt, and the main attraction is a 4,000-year-old mummy. The Aldens are helping the museum curator set up the exhibit and learning ab… OL15110W
Magic Tree House Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne Jack and his younger sister take a trip in their tree house back to ancient Egypt, where they help a queen's mummy continue her voyage to the Next Life. The magic treehouse also whisks them back to t… OL15131193W
Uncovering mummies and other mysteries of the ancient world Uncovering mummies and other mysteries of the ancient world Harrison, Paul "Discusses the history, making, and discovery of mummies from around the world"--Provided by publisher. OL15530205W
Mummy Mummy Caroline B. Cooney Emlyn is a model student who gets involved in a prank to steal a mummy and when the night arrives, everything goes wrong. OL15827497W
Mummy Mummy Daniel Curley As a visitor to Guanajuato down from Illinois just for his mother's funeral, Marc Williams is grabbed on a false drug-smuggling charge and thrown into prison for seven years. Now, upon his release, M… OL15844195W
The mummy of Ramose The mummy of Ramose Shirley Glubok Describes the life of an Egyptian nobleman of the Eighteenth Dynasty and the mummification and funeral rites that followed his death. OL15844199W
King Tut's grandmother King Tut's grandmother Roberto Pavanello The mummy of King Tut's grandmother is the main attraction at the Fogville museum, but Echo the bat and his human friends, the Bat Pack, discover that at night she is rising from her sarcophagus--can… OL16308321W
Mammoth Mammoth John Varley Not content with investing his fortune and watching it grow, multibillionaire Howard Christian buys rare cars that he actually drives, acquires collectible toys that he actually plays with, and build… OL17744706W
Greenland mummies Greenland mummies Buell, Janet. Describes the discovery of mummies in Greenland in 1972 and the work of forensic anthropologists who investigated the remains of these members of the Thule culture, ancestors of today's Eskimos. OL1838304W
Mummies in nineteenth century America Mummies in nineteenth century America S. J. Wolfe "This work examines Egyptian mummies as artifacts in pre-1900 America--how they got here, what happened to them, and how they were perceived. Collected newspaper accounts and other documents reveal t… OL18732498W
Jigsaw Jones Jigsaw Jones James Preller Second-grade detectives Jigsaw, Mila, and their friends follow clues to learn if a mummy will really rise from the dead on Halloween. OL19729873W
Adventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec Adventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec Jacques Tardi In "The Mad Scientist", a pithecanthrope is stalking the streets of Paris and the inept police need help. In "Mummies on parade", the mummy seen in Adele's apartment comes alive. OL19951533W
Amulet keepers Amulet keepers Michael Northrop Investigating a string of disappearances amid supernatural occurrences in London, Alex and Ren discover the workings of a powerful Death Walker intent on destroying the city. Investigating a string … OL19999419W
Secret of the Changeling Secret of the Changeling Tommy Donbavand A Scream Street toddler named Poppy has been replaced by a changeling, and the real Poppy is being held captive in the fairy realm. Luke, Resus, and Cleo plan to rescue the child, but the fairy realm… OL20009016W
Scooby-Doo! and the truth behind mummies Scooby-Doo! and the truth behind mummies Scott Neely,Mark Weakland "The popular Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang teach kids all about mummies"-- OL23201109W
La griffe du loup-garou La griffe du loup-garou Tommy Donbavand Luke Watson, Rhésus Négatif et Cléo Farr sont à la recherche de la griffe du premier loup-garou de Trouille-la-Mort. Une fois cette sixième et dernière relique récupérée, Luke et ses parents pourront… OL24276693W
Elmer McCurdy Elmer McCurdy Mark Svenvold Born 1880. Shot dead 1911. Buried 1997. In life Elmer McCurdy was a plumber-cum-miner who jumped a train and drifted west across America on the back of an infectious, turn-of-the-century optimism. He… OL2725983W
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