Author: Terry Pratchett
Publisher: HarperTorch
Keywords: pyramids
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2001-08-01
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0061020656
ISBN-13: 9780061020650
It’s bad enough being new on the job, but Teppic hasn’t a clue as to what a pharaoh is supposed to do. After all, he’s been trained at Ankh-Morpork’s famed assassins’ school, across the sea from the Kingdom of the Sun.First, there’s the monumental task of building a suitable resting place for Dad -- a pyramid to end all pyramids. Then there are the myriad administrative duties, such as dealing with mad priests, sacred crocodiles, and marching mummies. And to top it all off, the adolescent pharaoh discovers deceit, betrayal -- not to mention a headstrong hand
Author: Joseph Davidovits
Publisher: Institut Geopolymere
Keywords: pyramids
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2008-05-20
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 2951482027
ISBN-13: 9782951482029
Author: Metropolitan Museum Of Art
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum Of Art
Keywords: pyramids, art, egyptian
Number of Pages: 536
Published: 1999-09
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0870999060
ISBN-13: 9780870999062
Author: William Dietrich
Publisher: Harper
Keywords: pyramids, napoleon
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2008-01-01
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0060848332
ISBN-13: 9780060848330
What mystical secrets lie beneath the Great Pyramids? The world changes for Ethan Gageone-time assistant to the renowned Ben Franklinon a night in post-revolutionary Paris, when he wins a mysterious medallion in a card game. Framed soon after for the murder of a prostitute and facing the grim prospect of either prison or death, the young expatriate American barely escapes France with his lifechoosing instead to accompany the new emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte, on his glorious mission to conquer Egypt. With Lord Nelson’s fleet following close behind, Gage sets out on the adventure of a
Authors:Guillemette Andreu, David Lorton,
Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
Keywords: pyramids, egypt
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1997-05
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0801483131
ISBN-13: 9780801483134
The Golden Age of Ancient Egypt comes alive as Guillemette Andreu recreates the details of daily life. Construction sites teem with workers building the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx. Administrators bustle to and fro, handling their assignments from the pharaoh’s court. Scribes train themselves to draft a variety of letters. Andreu describes the Egyptians as they spend a day in the marshes with family and friends. They glide on light skiffs through the papyrus plants, stopping occasionally to marvel at the marsh creatures: frogs, butterflies, kingfishers, ibises, herons, lapwings, wease
Author: Martin Isler
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Pre
Keywords: egyptian, pyramids, building, shadows, stones, sticks
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2001-11-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0806133422
ISBN-13: 9780806133423
Presents an entirely original approach to the subject of pyramid building. This book reveals the connection between devices that served both a practical need for survival and a spiritual belief in gods and goddesses.
Authors:Amanda Grange, Jacqueline Webb,
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Keywords: egypt, darcy, pyramids, pride
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2012-07-01
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 1402265344
ISBN-13: 9781402265341
The Darcys get pulled into the Regency craze for Egypt in this romantic and adventurous Pride and Prejudice continuation by bestselling author Amanda Grange and Egyptology expert Jacqueline Webb.When Elizabeth, Darcy and their lively children go to Egypt with Colonel Fitzwilliam’s younger brother, romantic interludes between Darcy and Elizabeth intertwine with the unraveling of a mystery dating back to an ancient Egyptian woman. They find long-hidden treasure, thwart a theft and betrayal by the ever villainous George Wickham, and lay to rest an ancient ghost.
