I received a review hard cover copy of this book for free.

This is a cute book - nine mysteries of history, solved with modern day forensics. Being a history geek, even as a kid, I loved this book! I've watched a few TV shows that are pretty similar - you are presented with a historical mystery, and then modern science & technology attempts to solve it (such as DNA solving the mystery of Anna Anderson, who claimed to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov).

There are wonderful photos & color drawings on each and every page. The book is illustrated by Michael Wandelmaier, and he does a great job of drawing things like mummies in a realistic manner, but not a scary one. Each mystery is explained in a straight forward manner, and the science terms are explained as you go along, much simplified so that a kid would be able to understand it. I think the book is written in such a way that you want to learn more, go out & read more about the subject - which I think is a fabulous thing in a children's book.