Unravelling the sophisticated civilisation of Ancient Egypt reveals much more than mummies and death masks, pyramids and papyrus. With nearly three thousand years of innovation and inventiveness between 3000BC and 31BC, the Ancient Egyptians built tombs and temples, sanctuaries and sphinx, constructed canals, crafted clocks, created cures for illnesses and set casts on broken bones. Astronomers made maps and calendars, scribes wrote records in hieroglyphs, physicians used antiseptics and surgical instruments, priests talked to gods and gods talked to pharaohs. The pharaoh ruled over all as king, high priest, judge, commander and tax collector before being bandaged up into a rather stylish afterlife, complete with canopic jars for his internal bits and a smart sarcophagus to cover his shroud. Then it was time for him to unwind a little...

 

 

There are 24 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2005 by Colour Heroes .

This book has the following chapters: Introduction Technology The River Badru's House Fashion Town Life The Temple The Temple Workshop Gods and Goddesses Pharaohs Famous Kings and Queens Death and Afterlife Pyramids Timeline and Glossary