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1) Cat mummies
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Clearly written text offers an answer to the question of why ancient Egyptians mummified thousands and thousands of cats. An easy-to-understand introduction to ancient Egyptian history.
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Publisher
Books on Tape
Language
English
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Two hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared to traverse the unmapped territory of the modern-day Middle East. But in 1798, more than 150 French engineers, artists, doctors, and scientists-even a poet and a musicologist-traveled to the Nile Valley under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte and his invading army. Hazarding hunger, hardship, uncertainty, and disease, Napoleon's "savants" risked their lives in pursuit of...
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Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
1977
Language
English
Description
November 4, 1922. For six seasons the legendary Valley of the Kings has yielded no secrets to Howard Carter and his archeological team: "We had almost made up our minds that we were beaten," he writes, "and were preparing to leave The Valley and try our luck elsewhere; and then--hardly had we set hoe to ground in our last despairing effort than we made a discovery that far exceeded our wildest dreams." Join Howard Carter in his fascinating odyssey...
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Series
Yusuf Khalifa novels volume 2
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
An ancient secret threatens to unleash a modern war in this international-bestselling “thriller on par with the best literature out there” (James Rollins).
Jerusalem, 70 AD: As the invading Romans destroy the Holy Temple, a young Jewish boy is hidden away—chosen as the guardian of a great secret. And for seventy generations, the secret is kept safe . . .
But now, in...
Jerusalem, 70 AD: As the invading Romans destroy the Holy Temple, a young Jewish boy is hidden away—chosen as the guardian of a great secret. And for seventy generations, the secret is kept safe . . .
But now, in...
Author
Series
Yusuf Khalifa novels volume 3
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Detective Arieh-Ben Roi of the Jerusalem police investigates the murder of a well-known Israeli journalist and discovers a connection to the mysterious death of a 1930s Egyptologist, who had claimed to have uncovered a labyrinth of unfathomable treasures
12) Storm cycle
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Language
English
Description
Rachel Kirby, a computer genius whose beloved sister is dying from a chronc illness, receives a mysterious email from archeologist John Tavak who sits trapped inside a collapsed Egyptian tomb with a functioning laptop thousands of miles away. It turns out the collapse was no accident. John has discovered something very valuable in that tomb, something that humankind has been searching for throughout history, something that Rachel could use as it...
13) Ancient Egypt
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English
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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
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Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
The ancient Egyptians are an enduring source of fascination-mummies and pyramids, curses, and rituals have captured the imagination of generations. We all have a mental picture of ancient Egypt, but is it the right one? How much do we really know about this great civilization?
This second edition of Ancient Egypt: A Very Short Introduction explores the history and culture of pharaonic Egypt, including ideas about Egyptian kingship, ancient Egyptian...
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Publisher
Cooper Square Press
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
The discovery of Tutankhamun's treasure-filled tomb is one of the greatest events in modern archeology. It is also a story so filled with intrigues, accusations, international imbroglios, and lasting scandals that it forever altered the way archaeological expeditions were organized and conducted. Hoving's Tutankhamun focuses on Howard Carter, the archaeologist who persisted for six years in his search in the Valley of the Kings for Tutankhamun's tomb....
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Series
Sherlock files volume 3
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Xena and Xander Holmes, an American brother and sister who are living in England, use clues from their ancestor Sherlock Holmes' casebook when they are asked by a classmate to find an ancient Egyptian artifact that has been missing for many years
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Publisher
Kessinger Legacy Reprints
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Fascinating, comprehensive text describes ancient Egypt's vast resources and the processes that incorporated them in daily life, including the use of animal products, building materials, cosmetics, perfumes and incense, fibers, glazed ware, glass, materials used in the mummification process, and much more..
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