Get a glimpse inside the chambers of King Tut's tomb, examine each layer of mummification, and see the inner workings of pyramid-building. Egypt covers every facet of ancient Egyptian civilization!
Record details
ISBN:9781416938583 (hardcover)
ISBN:1416938583 (hardcover)
Physical Description:print 64 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Edition:1st ed.
Publisher:New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2007.
Content descriptions
General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Long history: Gift of the Nile -- Timeline of Ancient Egypt -- Ancient Egyptian social pyramid --Unearthing ancient Egypt -- Role of religion: Egyptian gods -- Divine rule of the pharaohs -- Building the pyramids -- Making of a mummy -- Journey to the afterlife -- Life in Ancient Egypt: Working the land -- Boats on the Nile -- Egyptian household -- Singing, dancing, adn making music -- Pictures of he past: Ancient arts -- Craft and artifacts -- Expanding the empire: Egypt's army -- Pyramids and other tombs: Step pyramid of Saqqara -- Great pyramid at Giza -- Valley of the kings -- tomb of Tutankhamen -- Temples adn towns: Temple complex of Karnak -- Tomb-worker's village of Deir el-Medina -- city of the heretic king: Amarna -- Fortress of Zawiyet umm el-Rakham -- Great temple of Abu Simbel -- Kings of Ancient Egypt -- Glossary -- Index.
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