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Ancient Egypt  Cover Image Book Book

Ancient Egypt / written by George Hart.

Summary:

A photo essay on ancient Egypt and the people who lived there, documented through the mummies, pottery, weapons, and other objects they left behind. Describes their society, religion, obsession with the afterlife, and methods of mummification.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0789457849
  • ISBN: 9780789457844
  • Physical Description: 63 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 29 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Dorling Kindersley, [2000]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Egypt before the pharaohs -- On the banks of the Nile -- Famous pharaohs -- Royal court -- Preparing for the tomb -- Everlasting bodies -- Journey to the afterlife -- Great pyramids -- Valley of the Kings -- Gods and goddesses -- Magic and medicine -- Priests and temples -- Sacred rituals -- Scribes and scholars -- Writing -- Weapons of war -- Sailing on the Nile -- Buying and selling -- An Egyptian carpenter -- Hunting, fishing, and fowling -- Egyptians at home -- Food and drink -- Song and dance -- Toys and games -- From fabric to finery -- All that glitters -- Adorning the body -- Animals of the Nile valley -- Egypt afther the pharaohs.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Photographs by Peter Hayman.
Target Audience Note:
1090L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 8 1 17203.
Subject: Egypt > Civilization > To 332 B.C. > Juvenile literature.
Egypt > Antiquities > Juvenile literature.
Egypt.
Egypt > Antiquities > Pictorial works.
Egypt > Social life and customs > Pictorial works.
Genre: Literature.
Juvenile works.

Available copies

  • 30 of 30 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Marshall. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Marshall Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 30 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Marshall Public Library J 932 HAR (Text) 33391000154358 Juvenile Non-fiction Available -
Albany Carnegie Public Library S2 J 932 HAR (Text) 35615000008875 Juvenile Non-Fiction Available -
Barry Lawrence - Miller Library Y 932 HAR (Text) 37884000848261 Youth Non-Fiction Available -
Barry Lawrence - Mt. Vernon Library Y 932 HAR (Text) 37884101916017 Youth Non-Fiction Available -
Carthage Public Library JNF 932.01 Hart, George (Text)
General Gifts:
34MO200124149X Juvenile Non-Fiction Available -
Caruthersville Public Library J932.01 HAR (Text) 38417100019647 Juvenile Non-Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Drexel J 932.01 HAR (Text) 0002202771438 Juvenile Non-Fiction Available -
Doniphan-Ripley - Naylor Library JY 932 HAR (Text) 38421100163488 Juvenile/YA Non-Fiction Available -
Doniphan-Ripley County Library JY 932 HAR (Text) 38421100163470 Juvenile/YA Non-Fiction Available -
Lebanon-Laclede County Library 932.01 Hart (Text) 3803183847 Middle Reader Oversized Available -


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