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Zekmet, the stone carver
a tale of ancient Egypt / Mary Stolz; illustrated by Deborah Nourse Lattimore
By Stolz, Mary & Lattimore, Deborah Nourse
- ISBN
- 978-0-15299-961-2
- Publisher
- Edition: 1st ed. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1986. unpaged illus.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 1988
Gr 2-6 Stolz imagines how, thousands of years ago, a serenely arrogant Egyptian King Khafre might have ordered his groveling, grumbling vizier, Ho-tep, to plan yet another monument to his lasting glory. In the workmen's quarters, Ho-tep meets Zekmet, a skilled stone-carver whose desert-inspired vision producesafter some shrewd negotiating with the vizierthe monument known now as the Great Sphinx. Story, place, and characters ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
