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    Bury the Dead: Tombs, Corpse, Mummies, Skeletons, and Rituals
    Bury the Dead: Tombs, Corpse, Mummies, Skeletons, and Rituals
    Bury the Dead: Tombs, Corpse, Mummies, Skeletons, and Rituals
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    Bury the Dead: Tombs, Corpse, Mummies, Skeletons, and Rituals

    Written by Christopher Sloan

    Narrated by Matthew Greer

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    More than 2,000 years ago, Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang Di was laid to rest in a tomb guarded by thousands of life-size clay statues of warriors and horse-drawn chariots. Some 1,000 years earlier, the tombs of Chinese emperors were not guarded by clay figures, but by the dead bodies of humans and animals sacrificed for the cause. All over the world, different cultures have conducted an amazing array of intriguing burial practices. On the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, infants are buried in trees so that their spirits might rise up through the trunks toward heaven. Egyptian pyramids and mummification practices continue to fascinate archaeologists the world over. And near the Black Sea in the Ukraine, the tombs of the Amazons hold gold treasures of immeasurable worth. In Bury the Dead, National Geographic senior editor Christopher Sloan conducts a fascinating-and sometimes hair-raising-investigation of how societies around the globe have handled their dead. "Kids will find it hard to resist picking up a book with words like corpses and skeletons in the title. And this one doesn't disappoint."-Booklist
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJan 25, 2013
    ISBN9781470357108
    Bury the Dead: Tombs, Corpse, Mummies, Skeletons, and Rituals

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    • 5/5
      "Bury the Dead," provides a rich history of how various cultures beginning from ancient times viewed death and buried their dead. The authors are highly qualified to write about the topic as well as relate it to children - Christopher Sloan is a Senior Editor at National Geographic and author of two children's books, and Dr. Bruno Frolich is an anthropologist working with the Smithsonian Institution specializing in the study of burial practices and trained in archaeology and forensic medicine. The information is current as the book features CT scans and digital reconstructions of remains. What will engage the reader the most about "Bury the Dead" is that not only is the rich details and facts eloquently present throughout the work, but the authors sensitivity in communicating how different cultures cope with death - which was best illustrated by their coverage of Aleutian and Indonesian funeral practices for the death of infants. The beautiful and intricate photos and illustrations create the feeling of involvement for the reader. Great tool to use in an Ancient Civilizations or World History lesson for ages 10-12.
    • 5/5
      “Bury the Dead: Tombs, Corpses, Mummies, Skeletons, and Rituals” is a Survey book that is produced by National Geographic. The book gives an overall view of the topic of how people all over the world burying their dead. It is very interesting in that the author uses scientific information and documentation to piece together a belief system from another time and at the same time it gives the reader an insight on what it is to be an archeologist. The illustrations in the book show how archeologist use the clues they find to understand the civilizations of centuries past. The pictures support the content very well; they are colored illustrations that sometimes take up the whole page. They include captions that further explain the content. I believe many young readers will be very intrigued by both the pictures and the content.The book also gives some information on the tools archeologists use such as computerized tomography (CT) scans. Using these CT scans enables archeologists to see through fragile items without actually touching them so that they may be preserved for future generations. Embalming techniques and practices are also discussed in some detail. I was impressed by the historical content as well as the academic language used. The information in the book was selected by the author because it was well documented, and the author is a senior edition for National Geographic. The information in this text focuses in the practices in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Ages 4th grade and Up
    • 4/5
      Part E Nonfiction-SurveySloan, C. (2002). Bury the dead: tombs, corpses, mummies, skeletons, & rituals. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic.Archaeologists study the rituals of burying the dead to learn about humanity and, as some scientists think, to study the first examples of spiritual thinking in humans. Some clues to humanity include signs that people started looking after family that was sick or old and could not care for themselves. In addition to exploring the rituals of dead that have been preserved in tombs and mummies, the book also acknowledges the rituals that would not leave behind evidence for archaeologists to explore. The fascinating photographs and precise, explicit illustrations help young readers explore the ways of humans and ancient cultures. The information-rich captions make it easy to do a picture walk, exploring the information within the book. Ages 9-15.