Reports on what scientists have learned through the study of ancient Egyptian artifacts, including mummies, dung beetles, and the pyramids, and considers the question of whether artifacts removed from the country in the 1800s and early 1900s should be returned.
Presents interviews with ten professional skateboarders in which they discuss the mental and emotional side of the sport, features sequential photographs of twenty-five intermediate and advanced tricks, and includes brief touring guides of Oregon and Colorado, and advice on how to build a skatepark.
Provides descriptions, photographs, and illustrations of the different types of homes built by European colonists as they arrived in America and headed into the interior.
Describes daily life in ancient Egypt during the time of the Pharaoh Chephren, including clothing, makeup, home life, religious practices, burial rituals, and the construction and role of the pyramids.
Helps readers understand what it takes to build a water park, describing the materials that are used and the people involved in the construction process.