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Pyramids
By Filer, Joyce
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-19530-525-8
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2006
Gr 3-8 Plentiful color photographs and clean design characterize this introduction to major pyramids and pyramid-building kings of Egypt. Brief chapters explain what a pyramid is and how Egyptians lived before the Old Kingdom; more detailed chapters examine, in chronological order, Djoser and the Step Pyramid, the major pyramids of the 4th Dynasty, and the almost entirely collapsed pyramid of Ahmose of the 18th Dynasty. Filer also takes note of the associated temple complexes. She humanizes the pharaohs by mentioning parent...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
