egypt

Asked to travel to Egypt to help with an urgent archaeological expedition, Flat Stanley suspects that he might be helping grave robbers and must rely on his quick thinking, unique flatness, and new friends to make things right.

Presents a photographic introduction to pyramids, explaining what they are, discussing how and when they were built, examining the purpose of pyramids, and looking at different pyramids around the world.

Uses location footage, re-creations, analyses, and commentary to explore the history of the great pyramids of ancient Egypt.

An exploration of the life of Nefertiti that discusses aspects of the world in which she lived, such as everyday life, religion, and royalty, and examines her role in ancient Egyptian society as well as archaeological findings about the queen.

In helping a twelve-year-old boy to search for his father by solving a maze puzzle, the reader encounters information about how and why pyramids were constructed in ancient Egypt.

Follows the daily life of two children and their families living in Egypt. Learn about their life, family and culture as you follow them from home to school and all points in between.

"Unwrap the mysteries of the ancient Egyptian mummies in this . . . illustrated book, created in consultation with . . . Egyptologists from the British Museum. Filled with . . . detail, uncover secrets of the embalmers, tales of the tomb robbers, and even how pets were mummified"--Dust jacket.

"Through deep reporting over two years in farming villages and on factory floors, Chang shows how women [in Egypt] resist the pressure to give up, despite living in a country where history and tradition confine them to narrow roles and a globalizing economy has led, counterintuitively, to a conservative turn of society that discourages women from entering the workforce at all. She shares with us the rarely heard voices of ordinary women in Egypt and why its economic history continues to fail them"--Provided by publisher.

"Pyramids, papyrus, and methods of preserving dead bodies are just some of the scientific and technological advancements the ancient Egyptians are known for. However, the scope of their STEM prowess extended far beyond those areas and into fields such as agriculture, transportation, and medicine as well. Readers explore the many ways ancient Egyptians applied what we now call STEM to their world in this cross-curricular learning experience that focuses on both history and technology. Detailed sidebars supplement the deeply engaging main text, and both photographs and illustrations are part of the eye-catching design"--Publisher's website.

Contains the ancient Papyrus of Ani, providing an example of ancient Egyptian philosophical, religious, and spiritual thought.