Pyramids
In this well-researched volume, 100 facts about these intriguing buildings and other pyramids will take readers around the world to Egypt, China, Mexico, and even a glass pyramid in Paris, France.
Set in the desert kingdom of Djelibeybi, Pyramids follows the adventures and, more often, misadventures of Teppic, a teenage pharoah faced with a terror-filled world of mad high priests, sacred crocodiles, marching mummies and exploding ...
David McCauley , Pyramid . Boston : Houghton Mifflin , 1975 . John Romer , People of the Nile : Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt . New York : Crown , 1982 . Philipp Vandenberg , The Curse of the Pharoahs . Philadelphia and New York ...
The Inner Chambers T he mysterious and imposing outline of the pyramids towering over the desert has attracted tourists and scholars for thousands of years . But while the impressive exteriors of the pyramids remain a source of mystery ...
Set in the desert kingdom of Djelibeybi, Pyramids follows the adventures and, more often, misadventures of Teppic, a teenage pharoah faced with a terror-filled world of mad high priests, sacred crocodiles, marching mummies and exploding ...
Discusses how and why the ancient Egyptians built pyramids, what happened to these structures, and what kinds of pyramids were built in other parts of the world.
The Level 1 text provides accessible, yet wide-ranging, information for beginning readers about these amazing wonders of the world and their importance today.
Telling the story of the pyramids from their earliest beginnings, this volume describes not only the pyramids themselves but the whole complex of temples and walls that surrounded every one, and the stories of the kings and builders who ...
In this well-researched volume, 100 facts about these intriguing buildings and other pyramids will take readers around the world to Egypt, China, Mexico, and even a glass pyramid in Paris, France.
Pyramids is the seventh book in the award-winning comic fantasy Discworld series by Terry Pratchett.
It isn't easy being a teenage pharaoh, having to deal with assassins, sphinxes, mad high priests, gods, sacred crocodiles and marching mummies. And all you really want is the chance to do something for young people and the inner cities.
Discusses the different kinds of pyramids, their structure, construction, purposes, and creators. Includes related projects exploring how pyramid shapes have many kinds of properties and uses.
When college student Tom Scheffler agrees to care for the luxury Chicago apartment of his great-uncle Montgomery Chapel, he soon realizes that traveler Chapel’s apartment contains more than a priceless collection of exquisite Egyptian ...