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1) Tutankhamun
Author
Publisher
EDC Pub
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents background on the life of the Egyptian king Tutankhamun and describes excavator Howard Carter's search for and discovery of his tomb.
Series
The Mummy the animated volume 3
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 3 hr., 12 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Travel back 5,000 years to when pharaohs ruled a kingdom on the Nile. From hieroglyphs and pyramids to jeweled treasures and mummies, find out how archaeologists cracked a code and unlocked the history of civilization"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 10
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Formats
Description
Archaeologist Amelia Peabody is working with her husband to uncover some of Egypt's ancient tombs, but soon she becomes involved in a modern day mystery that has strange attachments to the past.
Author
Series
Amelia Peabody mysteries volume 13
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Formats
Description
Amelia Peabody and her family arrive in Egypt in 1911 for their annual excavation and to celebrate the wedding of Amelia's niece Lia to David, an Egyptian artist; but Amelia's attention is diverted from the dig when David is accused of selling ancient artifacts, and she must work fast to clear his name.
Author
Series
Ancient Egyptian volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1996, c1995
Physical Desc
614 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
An ancient papyrus holding the secret to the location of the Pharaoh's hidden tomb and his staggering untold wealth, untouched for thousands of years, is accidentally discovered and instantly becomes something people will kill to obtain.
Author
Series
Pendergast novels volume 7
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
454 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
As the New York Museum of Natural History prepares for the gala opening of an ancient Egyptian tomb, FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast sits in prison for a murder he did not commit and his psychotic brother lays the groundwork for his crowning criminal achievement.
10) Ancient Egypt
Author
Publisher
Stonehenge
Pub. Date
1991
Physical Desc
240 p. : col. ill., maps ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
The first ever atlas of ancient Egypt. In addition to the many historical and topographical maps, the book contains a substantial text by two Egyptologists, as well as numerous color photographs and drawings illustrating every aspect of this fascinating subject. Other aids, such as a chronological table, glossary, bibliography, gazetteer and index, combine to make this the most reliable, informative and attractive reference book for the layman or...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
285 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"During the reign of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun ruled and died tragically young. In order to send him on his way into the afterlife, his tomb was filled with every treasure he would need after death. And then, it was lost to time, buried in the sands of the Valley of the Kings. His tomb was also said to be cursed. Centuries later, as Egypt-mania gripped Europe, two Brits -- a rich earl with a habit for gambling and a disreputable,...
12) King Tut's tomb
Author
Series
Publisher
Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map, photographs ; 22 x 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the search for King Tutankhamen's tomb and explores the mystery surrounding the "curse" that afflicted some of the tomb's discoverers.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations, color folded map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this informative account, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler tell the story of the powerful pharaohs who commissioned the pyramids at Giza and offer a fascinating look at the culture of the afterlife in ancient Egypt, explaining exactly how mummies were made.
Series
The Mummy the animated volume 1
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 3 hr., 12 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Series
The Mummy the animated volume 2
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 171 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Leap into thrilling adventures the whole family can enjoy. This action-packed series features the O' Connell family battling the undead High Priest Imhotep and his lackey, Colin Weasler. Bonus material includes Egyptology: Fun Facts About Egypt.
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
72 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Desde el faraón y sus cortesanos, a través de los ritos místicos de los sacerdotes, al mundo de los trabajadores en los campos, descubrir las civilizaciones del valle del Nilo, lo que había dentro de la Gran Pirámide de Giza, como la tumba de Tutankamón fue encontrado, lo que sucedió en los templos del antiguo Egipto y cómo se descifraron los jeroglíficos. Y mucho, mucho más!
From the pharaoh and his courtiers, through the mystical rites...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
ix, 179 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Pianos and Flowers we are invited, through the medium of sepia images, to glimpse a world long departed. In these stories, inspired by long-lost photographs, the lives of the people in the frame are imagined and then explored, layer by layer. What must have it like to be them? We hold our breath for them. Our heart beats faster for them. We look again at the photograph in a new light, and say Yes, it might have happened just like that"--
18) Empress of the Nile: the daredevil archaeologist who saved Egypt's ancient temples from destruction
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the 1960s, the world's attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time-an international campaign to save over a dozen ancient Egyptian temples, built during the height of the pharaohs' rule, from drowning in the floodwaters of the gigantic new Aswan High Dam. But the massive press coverage of this unprecedented rescue effort completely overlooked the feisty French archaeologist who made it all happen. Without the intervention of Christiane...
19) Wrapped
Author
Series
Wrapped volume 1
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
p2011
Physical Desc
7 sound discs (8 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Agnes Wilkins is standing in front of an Egyptian mummy, about to make the first cut into the wrappings, about to unlock ancient (and not-so-ancient) history. Maybe you think this girl is wearing a pith helmet with antique dust swirling around her. Maybe you think she is a young Egyptologist who has arrived in Cairo on camelback. Maybe she would like to think that too. Agnes Wilkins dreams of adventures that reach beyond the garden walls, but reality...
20) Egyptology: search for the tomb of Osiris : being the journal of Miss Emily Sands, November 1926
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Purports to be the journal of Emily Sands during her travels in Egypt in 1926 to find the lost tomb of Osiris. Based on real Egyptology, each chapter covers a different place in Egypt. Who can resist the allure of ancient Egypt -and the thrill of uncovering mysteries that have lain hidden for thousands of years? Not the feisty Miss Emily Sands, who in 1926, four years after the discovery of King Tut's tomb, led an expedition up the Nile in search...
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