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Egyptian pyramids

Describes the pyramids of ancient Egypt, one of the ancient wonders of the world, including how and why they were built, the pharaohs who were buried inside, and what the ruins are like today.

Egypt, activities & projects in color

1979
Instructions for making costumes, jewelry, "artifacts", and food representative of ancient Egypt.

Count like an Egyptian

a hands-on introduction to ancient mathematics
2014
An introduction to the intuitive and often surprising art of ancient Egyptian math.

Technology in ancient Egypt

Describes many of the innovative inventions that were used in ancient Egypt to help with writing, building, medicine, and warfare.

Pyramids

Presents 100 facts about pyramids. Includes photographs, artwork, puzzles, quizzes, and activities.

The mummy makers of Egypt

Ipy, whose father is an embalmer to the Egyptian king, describes how he and his father mummify the body of Yuya, the father of the queen. Features sidebars of hieroglyphs, a map, and an afterword about the life of Yuya, the burial process, and ancient Egypt.

Ancient Egyptian technology

Explores the different forms of technology used during early civilizations in Egypt.

The Egyptian Cinderella

1989
In this version of Cinderella set in Egypt in the sixth century B.C., Rhodopes, a slave girl, eventually comes to be chosen by the Pharaoh to be his queen.

Sphinx

1980
When Erica Baron finds a previously undiscovered pharaoh's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, she becomes involved in intrigue, corruption, and murder.

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