UNWRAPPED MARVELOUS MUMMIES ANIMAL MUMMIES by Joyce Markovics
DESERT DISCOVERY In 1871 three brothers were trekking across the Libyan Desert in Egypt Around them were rocks and waves of golden sand Suddenly they stumbled across a large deep hole leading to a tunnel They climbed through it and into the tunnel Libyan Desert 4
At the end of the tunnel the brothers found an ancient Egyptian tomb It was more than 3,000 years old The tomb held dozens of human mummies One mummy named Maatkare maht-KAH-ray was the daughter of a pharaoh At her feet was a tiny bundle The mummy of Maatkare A mummy is a dead body that has been preserved in some way It may still have skin or other flesh 5
