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Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Travel back 5,000 years to when pharaohs ruled a kingdom on the Nile. From hieroglyphs and pyramids to jeweled treasures and mummies, find out how archaeologists cracked a code and unlocked the history of civilization."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In this informative account, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler tell the story of the powerful pharaohs who commissioned the pyramids at Giza and offer a fascinating look at the culture of the afterlife in ancient Egypt, explaining exactly how mummies were made.
Author
Publisher
Cavendish Square
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"The great pyramids in Egypt have boggled the minds of archaeologists and historians for many years. Why were they built? Who built them? Over time, historians have been able to answer these questions through examining artifacts that have been found inside and by analyzing mummified bodies and attempting to identify the people buried inside. This book provides readers with information conveyed through text and full-color photographs. Fact boxes and...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Howard dreamed of discovering a mummy, ... especially a royal mummy in its tomb, complete with all its treasures. When he was seventeen, he took a job with the Egypt Exploration Fund and was sent to Egypt to learn about archaeology and excavation sites. And his mummy hunt was on. Howard discovered many amazing artifacts, but he searched for years before coming upon the most famous mummy of all, King Tut"--Dust jacket flap.
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