This story is very sweet and has so many messages. Andy's mother passed away when he was young. His father did the best he could to raise him as a single father. That is until he found Marie and re-married. Marie seemed nice, the bad thing is that she brought her son, Jason, or Mr. Know-it-all-blue-ribbon-for-everything, the same age as Andy. The good thing about his father and Marie's marriage is Winks, his baby sister, whom he loves. Andy has always wanted to know more about his real mother, but his dad never wants to talk about her. Andy always saw himself as average, or below average living with such a genius. When their fifth grade classes decide to do a unit on Ancient Egypt and visit the museum to see a real mummy something unexpected happens. As he's visiting the exhibit, he gets a funny feeling when he leans over the case to see the mummy. All of a sudden, he is magnificent and whatever he wishes seems to come true. Andy must use the wishes wisely and learn how to accept not only his new family, but himself as well. Doesn't help that Jason is quite the bragger. One day, Andi's class visits the museum and sees this mummy. Basically, Andy touches her and gets this weird feeling. Soon after, he finds himself doing way better at thing like art and math, even creating a fake mummy of his own that everyone fawns over. Plus, some wishes he makes start coming tree.

INCENSE AND MYRRH Myrrh from Somalia and the south of Arabia was used to fill and anoint the body, and its fragrance was highly valued. Incense was used to fumigate the body, and in funerary rites.Take the piece of string and wrap it around the middle of the hot dog to measure the distance around the middle. You are measuring the circumference of the hot dog. Make a mark on the string where the end of the string meets up with itself. Lay the string along the ruler to measure the distance from the end of the string to the mark (in centimeters). This is the circumference of your hot dog. Write the value down in the data table in your lab notebook. SPICES It has not been scientifically proven that spices were used in mummification. Herodotus and Diodorus Siculus allude to cassia and cinnamon from India, Ceylon, and China. The ending goes on a bit too long but otherwise it builds up a good moment with the dad that wraps it up nicely. No pun intended. As a whole, it's a well rounded story with solid emotional stuff that explores the characters well. It's a few steps away from being truly magnificent but it is still a solid read. It was a bit better than expected in some areas as it went along and it overall works well. Investigate the different ways that ancient people mummified human remains. Could you apply any of these techniques to mummifying your hot dog? For example, if you live in a warm climate, perhaps you can bury your hot dog in hot sand to desiccate it. Have an adult help you look into safety requirements for using any potentially hazardous chemicals (such as soda ash) and supervise you if you use any such chemicals.

For older elementary kids, The History Channel has this wonderful clip, that represents the mummification process: Other evidence of human sacrifice has been found among a group of superbly preserved mummies some 3500 years old, but whilst they have Caucasian features, red-blond hair and even tartan clothing their discovery in the Takla Makan Desert in China has understandably caused consternation! Yet the presence of ancient Europeans in China must be connected with the fact that the region lay at the crossroads of ancient trade routes between China and Europe. The vast expanses of the Eurasian Steppes were also inhabited by Scythian nomads who also mummified their dead with great success to judge from mummies such as the so-called 'Ice Maiden', recently discovered in the permafrost in the Altai Mountains between Siberia and Outer Mongolia.Wikipedia Contributors. (2013, March 22). Natron. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 17, 2013.

It took another eight years before the next mummy film from Universal surfaced. The Mummy’s Hand (1940) was the first in a reimagined but decidedly dumbed-down franchise. Despite popular belief, Karloff actually only appears as the titular bandaged being during the memorably unnerving 10-minute opening of the original film: it was only in the follow-ups that the revived creature became the lumbering threat we know today. The idea of a mobile mummy would have been totally alien to the ancient Egyptians and goes against the entire concept of mummification, sought to preserve the dead for a still and peaceful afterlife. BEESWAX Wax has sometimes been found sealing the mouth, nasal passages, and other cavities in mummies from the New Kingdom and the Late Period. Bees were valued for their magical properties. just trying to put my picrew obsession into good use, i have personally looked through and tried every picrew i'm listing here, and will provide details on all of them (i'm sure a lot of you know these picrews already but i just want to share lol)Mummification was a complex and expensive procedure, in part because it required so many products. Although Egyptologists have not been able to identify all of these with complete certainty, here are the top eight essential ingredients to making the perfect mummy. SMART Board, Projector, SMART Notebook Presentation, Video Clip: Egyptian Mummies (Attached to SMART Notebook file), Mummy Sequencing Activity Worksheet, Mummy Sequencing Activity Example, Rubric, Sentence Strips Present-day scientists, also known as Egyptologists, are interested in studying mummies because they provide a wealth of knowledge about the time in which they were made. By studying the remains, scientists can find out the health of the mummified person, life expectancies, and the kinds of diseases that plagued ancient Egypt. RESIN The importance of resin was mentioned in the Admonitions of Ipuwer, a text from the Old Kingdom: “None shall sail northward to Byblos today; what shall we do for cedar trees for our mummies?”

SAWDUST, STRAW, SAND, AND RAGS... All of these materials were used to fill the body’s cavities during the 21st dynasty. Sawdust was also spread on the skin to aid the drying process. NATRON AND OINTMENTS Natron was the main ingredient used to dry out the dead body, but embalmers applied oils such as cedar, and perhaps juniper oil, to maintain the suppleness of the flesh. Return to the SMART Notebook presentation and exhibit slide 5, which entails the matching of illustrations with the appropriate description of the mummification process. The instructor will direct individual students to place the pictures in the areas with the proper descriptions. Enter ancient worlds, meet famous people and discover fascinating facts by exploring a wide selection of historical games and activities. I was interested based on the summary and it ended up being pretty good. It's not without faults but it was pretty solid. Andy Manetti is an average ten year old, who isn't the smartest student, just getting by with Cs and such. In contrast, his step brother is amazing, being the best at everything and getting all the praise, with dad often commenting about how Andy doesn't apply himself as much.The Discovery channel covers the expedition which led to the excavation of the Chachapoyas mummies. Today, Woodruff believes that “what you have to do as a writer is to feel, look, and listen. Your stories then become a celebration of those observations. And, most important, a writer needs to fall in love. I’m constantly falling in love—with colors, with flowers, with wings, with bubbles, with mud, with goofy baby smiles. . . . When you’re writing under the influence of love, there’s a power that will weave your words into magic.” Now discard the old baking soda and clean out your box. Make sure you dry it thoroughly. Repeat step 4 using fresh baking soda and the same hot dog. These techniques were closely connected with religious beliefs, which described people as an amalgam of elements. Some of these were material: a person’s body, shadow, and name. Others were associated with their spirit: the ka, or cosmic energy received at birth; the ankh, or vital breath; and the ba, the personality. These elements were momentarily separated when a person died—a source of much anguish to the Egyptian mind. Mummification allowed the spirit of the deceased to recognize its own body, joyfully return to it, and be reborn.