Investigating Mummies:
Become an Anthropologist

Human mummies can be found on every continent except Antarctica, so you don't have to travel to Egypt to find one! This tutorial will expose you to some of the methods an anthropologist uses when studying a mummy. Along the way you will find games and other fun things to challenge you and entertain you.

Once you have completed this tutorial, you will have learned a few things. You will know a few things such as:

What an anthropologist is and what they do,
What the main types of anthropologists are and what they specialize in
What a mummy is and how they are created,
How to determine if a mummy is male or female,
How to determine how old the person was when they died.

Ready to get started with your journey into anthropology? Click the picture of the trowel to go forward to the next page. The picture of the shovel will take you back a page. You know what the home button will do! Simple!

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