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Jack and Annie find themselves whisked away to ancient Egypt, where they come face to face with a dead queen--and her 1,000-year-old mummy! "This will be welcomed by beginning readers making the transition to chapter books."--Booklist.

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  • Tomb robbers often carried off the treasure buried with mummies.
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  • procession took place. Family, servants, and mourners followed the coffin. The coffin was called a sarcophagus. It was pulled on a sled by four oxen.
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  • Next it was covered with oil. Then it was wrapped tightly in bandages. The brain was removed by—
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  • Ancient Egyptians tried to protect the body so it would last forever. First it was dried out with salt.
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  • “It looks like something’s there. But it just turns out to be the sunlight reflecting through heat.”
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  • “But perhaps you will describe the hieroglyphs on these walls,”
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  • Pyramids were sometimes called Houses of the Dead. They were nearly all solid stone, except for the burial chambers deep inside.
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First Sentence edit see section history

"It's still here," said Jack.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1.Meow! (1)
2. Oh, Man. Mummies! (9)
3. It's Alive (17)
4. Back from the Dead (21)
5. The Ghost-Queen (26)
6. The Writing on the Wall (31)
7. The Scroll (37)
8. The Mummy (44)
9. Follow the Leader (51)
10. Another Clue (60)

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 3 of 48 in Magic Tree House. (standard series)

Preceded by The Knight at Dawn, and followed by Pirates Past Noon.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Mary Pope Osborne (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1993
ISBN: 0-679-92424-8
Page Count: 65

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Reading Level: Ages 4-8

Easy read.

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  • Mummies and Pyramids

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  • Dinosaurs Before Dark
  • The Knight at Dawn

Books Influenced by This Book edit see section history

   
  • Pirates Past Noon

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