Written by award-winning author Richard Platt, How They Made Things Work: Egyptians examines aspects of technology in ancient Egypt, including irrigation, cosmetics, building the pyramids, ship-bullding and astronomy.

Suitable for Key Stages 2-3, How They Made Things Work looks at how people in history advanced their societies by pushing the boundaries of technology.

This book is part of a book series called How They Made Things Work .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Hachette Children's Group .

David Lawrence is an experienced author of books for this age group including The Superglue Sandwich, Travels with My Zebra and Killer Ping-Pong. He is a former Scripture Union schools worker and currently pastors a church in Yate near Bristol. Richard Platt is a renowned non-fiction writer, whose previous titles include Pirate Diary which won the 2002 Kate Greenaway Medal. To visit Richard's website click here

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: How the Egyptians made things work
• 2: Embalming
• 3: Irrigation
• 4: Astronomy and time
• 5: Glass
• 6: Stone working
• 7: Pyramids
• 8: Sailing ships
• 9: Ox-drawn ploughs
• 10: Paper and ink
• 11: Measurements
• 12: Looms
• 13: Mirrors and cosmetics
• 14: Glossary/websites
• 15: Index