Offers a fictionalized account of the life of Mehrunnisa, a sixteenth-century empress of India whose love helped shape the course of the Mughal empire in the seventeenth century.
Presents a comic book version of the story of the discovery and excavation of King Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922, and the myth of the curse that afflicted those involved in the tomb's exploration.
Follows the work of an international team of scientists as they apply modern technology to unraveling the mystery of what killed ancient Egyptian pharaoh King Tutankhamen and origins of the legendary curse said to plague those who opened his tomb.
Young museum assistants Corina and Zack are dispatched to Egypt to be in on what appears to be the discovery of the four-thousand-year-old tomb of the pharaoh Khufa.
Addresses widespread misconceptions about ancient Egyptian burial customs, describes the customs of each social class from the era, and explains what researchers have learned by exploring burial tombs in Egypt.
A survey of American mausoleums of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with discussion of popular architectural features of the period, including Egyptian pyramids, Ionic columns, and Gothic towers.
