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ANCIENT EGYPTANCIENT EGYPTRELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

What's Inside:
  • The Gift of the Nile
  • Mighty Pharaoh
  • Daily Life
  • Gods, Priests, and Temples
  • Leaving Their Mark
  • Pyramid Builders
  • Mummy Makers and the Afterlife
Features:
  • MAPS
  • TIME LINES
  • LEXILE® READING LEVEL: 920L
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"What's the first word that comes to mind when you hear "ancient Egypt"? Mummies? Pyramids? Pharaohs? Mummies, pyramids, and pharaohs were all important parts of life in ancient Egypt. But there is much more to know about this long-lasting civilization. Come visit the ancient Egyptians where their civilization began-on the banks of the Nile River. The earliest known settlements in Egypt were farming. . . "
RELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS
7 WONDERS7 WONDERS
"Turn the pages of almost any magazine and you'll come across a top-ten list. It might be the year's best songs or movies or places to visit. But one of the oldest top-ten lists is actually a top-seven list! More than 2,100 years ago, a Greek poet, Antipater of Sidon, made a list of what he thought were the most spectacular creations of his day. Most of them he had not even seen! Nobody knows exactly. . . "
PYRAMIDSPYRAMIDS
"Egypt's pyramids are the oldest stone buildings in the world. They were built nearly five thousand years ago. These ancient tombs are also among the world's largest structures. The biggest is taller than a 40-story building and covers an area greater than that of ten football fields. Men built these huge structures without the help of equipment that we have today, such as cranes and bulldozers.. . . "
MUMMIESMUMMIES
“Hollywood horror films have helped make mummies famous-and feared. “Fear Will Freeze You When You Face… The Mummy!” announced a poster for the 1959 movie The Mummy. “The Mummy… It Comes to Life!” declared another. Viewers of mummy movies quiver on the edge of their seats as wrapped-up monsters, angry from having their sleep disturbed, spring to life. But mummies shouldn't be feared-really. A mummy…”
ANCIENT PERSIAANCIENT PERSIA
Thousand of years ago, the land now occupied by the countries of Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan was home to many different groups of people. In turn, the Sumerians, the Babylonians, and the Assyrians ruled the area. Around 3,300 years ago, a new group arrived..."
VALUE-PACKED SETS
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
  • Ancient Egypt. By Philip Ardagh, Peter Bedrick, 2000.
  • Ancient Egypt (Make it Work! History). By Andrew Haslam, Two-Can Publishers, 2000.
  • Eyewitness: Ancient Egypt (Eyewitness Books). By George Hart, DK Publishing Inc, 2000.
  • People Who Made History in Ancient Egypt (People Who Made History in). By Jane Shuter, Raintree, 2000.
  • Your Travel Guide to Ancient Egypt (Passport to History.). By Nancy Day, Runestone Press, 2000.
ADULT BOOKS
  • The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (Oxford Illustrated Histories). By Ian Shaw, Oxford University Press, 2002.
  • Life and Death in Ancient Egypt : Scenes from Private Tombs in New Kingdom Thebes. By Sigrid Hodel-Hoenes, Cornell University Press, 2000.
  • Hidden Treasures of Ancient Egypt : Unearthing the Masterpieces of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. By Zahi Hawass, National Geographic, 2004.
WEBSITES
  • The British Museum: Ancient Egypt: http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
  • History and Culture of Ancient Egypt: www.ancient-egypt.org/
  • National Geographic: Mysteries of the Pyramids: www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
  • The Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt, Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh, PA):
    www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/
  • Massachusetts Egyptian Funerary Arts, Museum of Fine Arts (Boston):
    www.mfa.org