I love the illustrations in this book. The illustration consistency and information shared are beautiful. As a school librarian, I am looking to update all of my historical section including the ancient Egyptian books. I can't wait for this one to come out so I can purchase it for the library.

Very interesting look at mummies/human remains found around the world and what can be learned about our ancient ancestors from those found! Definitely steer clear of this if dead bodies make you squeamish, but I found it fascinating! Now I want to even more books to read about certain remains discoveries from this book, especially the deadly Northwest Passage voyage! This is going to be a big hit with the Mummy/Egypt obsessed kiddos!

*Publisher lists this as Middle Grade, but I think it will depend on how sensitive the reader is to death/funerary processes/remains.

This was a fun and informative read. I loved the illustrations. The text gave just enough information to be interesting without overwhelming. I'd recommend this to any young patron interested in ancient civilizations, world history, or morbid/shocking topics.

I took off a star because it was jarring to see sentences ending with prepositions in a text like this.