THE MUMMY-MAKERS OF EGYPT
Book ID/图书代码： 12070015B79108
English Summary/英文概要： A gorgeously illustrated story about a family of Egyptian embalmers that will enthrall kids with its mummy-making details and brilliantly painted pages.
From artist and Egypt specialist Tamara Bower comes her third, gorgeous book about Ancient Egypt. Using the classic style of Egyptian art, the book is painstakingly accurate in facts and illustrative style. Artifacts, funerary customs, kid-loving gory details of the mummification process, hieroglyphs, and details of life in ancient Egypt are told through the eyes of Ipy, whose father is embalmer to the King. Yuya, father of the Queen, has died and Ipy must help his father in the mummification process. Yuya is an actual mummy and the discovery of his tomb is an entertaining story in itself, with the archaeologist Theodore Davis fainting at the sight of so much gold, and the portly Gaston Maspero getting stuck while trying to climb into the tomb. Yuya’s tomb was a spectacular discovery in the Valley of the Kings that was later overshadowed only by the discovery of King Tut, Yuya’s great-grandson.
The book features sidebars of hieroglyphs and their meanings, a map, and an afterword telling more about the life of Yuya, of the burial process, and ancient Egypt in general. While there are a number of children’s books on mummies, none are told from the point of view of the embalmers themselves, and none are illustrated with the meticulous eye of Tamara Bower.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是一个关于埃及木乃伊制作者家庭的华丽故事，它让孩子沉迷于木乃伊制作的细节和本书的完美画面中。
从艺术家和埃及专家塔玛拉•鲍尔迎来了她的第三部作品，一本关于古埃及的好书。采用经典的埃及艺术风格，本书煞费苦心地采用准确的事实和说明性的风格。透过爱披的眼睛，他的父亲曾为国王制作过木乃伊，本书讲了文物，随葬习俗，孩子喜爱的制作木乃伊的过程，象形文字，和古埃及人生活的的细节。榆亚，女王的父亲，他逝世了，爱披必须协助他的父亲参与制作木乃伊的过程。榆亚是一具真的木乃伊，他的墓的发现本身就是一个有趣的故事，考古学家西奥多•戴维斯在看到这么多黄金后都晕了，还有试图爬入坟墓的大腹便便的加斯顿•马伯乐被卡住了。榆亚的墓是帝王谷的一个重大发现，直到后来图坦卡蒙，榆亚曾孙的墓的发现才盖过了他的发现。
书中汇集了象形文字的工具条和它们的含义，地图，关于榆亚的人生的后记，榆亚的埋葬过程，和古埃及的综况。虽然市面上有许多关于木乃伊的儿童书籍，但是没有一本是从木乃伊制作者的角度写的，并没有一本能像塔玛拉鲍尔那样写的细致。(YYW)
Awards/获奖情况：Gr 4-6–Award-winning author and illustrator Bower reveals the process of Egyptian embalming in a colorful and informative manner. The narrative follows the death and embalming of Yuya, an official of the royal court whose tomb was discovered in 1905 near the Valley of the Kings. The text begins with the historical context of embalming in ancient Egypt, followed by a description of the soul’s journey to and judgment at the court of Osiris. The majority of the content thereafter concerns the process of embalming in greater detail and burial. Bower’s training in archaeological illustration is evident in the book’s stylized figures, all painted in classical Egyptian form. Solid earth tones guide readers through the narrative, and many illustrations are beautifully rendered. In this uniquely Egyptian style, Bower depicts the journey into the afterlife, the embalming priests, the colorful funerary processions, and hieroglyphics. The text is just as hearty as the artwork, the embalming process detailed in a respectful manner. Bower explains the process without dumbing down or sanitizing the material, describing the priests’ careful incisions and the removal of organs. The culture of embalming is also examined. For instance, readers learn that the priest who made the abdominal incision was a specialist. After this priest made the incision, he was, by tradition, cast out by the other attending priests (with a wink and a nod), because it was wrong to cut a human body. Bower appends a useful article discussing the discovery of Yuya and his wife Thuya’s tomb. Much like David L. Weitzman’sPharaoh’s Boat, this offering succeeds in illuminating a specific element of ancient Egyptian life. VERDICT An artful and informational book on a high-interest topic.–Jeffrey Meyer, Mt. Pleasant Public Library, IA
● 11/26/17 The Dead Speak Online Youtube Channel — “9 Best Gifts for Kids Who Love Ancient Egypt”
About the Author/作者介绍： 塔玛拉鲍尔在她小时候就迷上了古埃及，和她的小伙伴们一起扮演古埃及人玩。她在大学修读美术，她在大都会博物馆培训考古插图，在那里她担任了埃及艺术品部门的插画师。她还在埃及，土耳其，西班牙，伯利兹和加州担任过考古发掘的技术插画师。鲍尔写过三本有关古埃及的儿童书籍：《亚马逊女王如何与埃及王子对抗》《遇船难者和水手》，和最近的《埃及木乃伊制作师》，赢得了ALA阿梅利亚布鲁姆非小说类图画书奖，蓝丝带非小说类图书奖，以及非洲青少儿图书奖。她住在纽约市。
TAMARA BOWER has been fascinated by ancient Egypt since she was a child and dressed up to play as ancient Egyptians with her friends. She studied fine art in college, and was trained in archaeological illustration at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she worked as a staff illustrator in the Department of Egyptian Art. She has also served as the technical illustrator for archaeological digs in Egypt, Turkey, Spain, Belize, and California. Bower is the author of three children’s books about ancient Egypt: How the Amazon Queen Fought the Prince of Egypt—which won the ALA Amelia Bloomer Award for Nonfiction Picture Books, the Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award, and the Africana Book Award for Young Children—along with The Shipwrecked Sailor and, most recently, The Mummy-Makers of Egypt. She lives in New York City.
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