Hands-On History! Ancient Egypt: Find Out about the Land of the Pharaohs, with 15 Step-By-Step Projects and Over 400 Exciting Pictures

By Philip Steele and Miranda Smith

Book Overview

HANDS-ON HISTORY ANCIENT EGYPT

Find out about the land of the pharaohs, with 15 step-by-step projects and over 400 exciting pictures

Philip Steele

Over 400 pictures

Learn what life was like for the people of the Nile Delta. Delve into the dark secrets of their funeral rites, mummies and tombs, and the many strange gods they revered. Learn about their love of fine art and crafts, and their amazing architectural skills. A variety of practical projects will help you to experience how ancient Egyptians lived. Make a crown fit for a pharaoh, build a scale model of an Egyptian house, and play a traditional board game.This accessible book is ideal for fun and learning, at home or at school.

- Step back in time to the world of the ancient Egyptians and uncover the treasures and secrets of this mysterious 3000-year-old civilization

- Fact boxes provide additional information and highlight links with the present

- Ideal for home or school use for ages 8 to 12

- 15 easy and fun projects allow you to bring the past to life - make a miniature pyramid, build a model boat suitable for sailing on the Nile, create your own water clock, sculpt a canopic jar, and bake pastries from an age-old Egyptian recipe

- More than 400 photographs and illustrations include specially commissioned cross-section diagrams, historical maps and hieroglyphs

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843229633
• ISBN13: 9781843229636
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Armadillo Music
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.1" x 12.0"
• Age Range: 17 years and under
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 12

Customer Reviews

Packed with Information

This book is written in a very informative manner. There is tons of information on each page both in the body of the text as well as on the side margins. The book's format is to ask questions and then answer them on the following page. Some of the illustrations are vivid and somewhat silly to appeal to younger readers. I enjoyed reading it to my young son because we were able to "discover" together. There were a lot of facts that I didn't know and this book helped make the information easier to understand. I would recommend this to a friend.

Perfect book for young kids.

My daughter is 5yrs old and enjoys egypt things right now. We are trying to find anything to keep her interest going. This book is perfect for little ones. The illustrations are colorful to keep the little ones interest peaked and not get bored fast and written so they can understand and still learn!

Great book for the curious kid!!

My daughter really wanted to dive into the whole egyptian thing. After going to the library and borrowing not so kid friendly books this was refreshing. Easy to read and fun facts.

Great for students

My students love this book. It gives them fun facts about Ancient Egypt in a way that is easy to understand. The students love looking at the pictures which draws them in to reading the text.