The British Museum Little Book of Mummies

The mummified forms, along with beautifully painted masks and coffins, of animals, scribes, viziers, noblemen and women, priests, pharaohs and queens from the Pharaonic period, all feature in this miniature but magnificent introduction to the world of the Ancient Egyptian mummy.

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The British Museum Little Book of Mummies by John Taylor is a captivating exploration of these ancient artefacts, providing a window into a bygone civilisation's spiritual and cultural practices.