Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt, "A Land Of Old Renown"

By Constance N. Baikie, James Baikie, Rev James BAIKIE, et al.

Book Overview

An exciting journey through the land of ancient Egypt, in which we learn about the geography of the region and experience daily life through a visit to Thebes and the palace of the Pharaoh. Published in 1912, Baikie's book looks at the more personal aspects of Ancient Egypt., this book includes a description of the life of children in those long ago times as well as a couple of the wonder stories told to them. Chapters on Egyptian books and temples and tombs conclude the volume. Ages 9-12 A Land of Old Renown A Day in Thebes Pharaoh at Home The Life of a Soldier Child-Life in Ancient Egypt Some Fairy-Tales of Long Ago Exploring the Soudan A Voyage of Discovery Egyptian Books Temples and Tombs An Egyptian's Heaven If we were asked to name the most interesting country in the world, I suppose that most people would say Palestine--not because there is anything so very wonderful in the land itself, but because of all the great things that have happened there, and above all because of its having been the home of our Lord. But after Palestine, I think that Egypt would come next. For one thing, it is linked very closely to Palestine by all those beautiful stories of the Old Testament, which tell us of Joseph, the slave-boy who became Viceroy of Egypt; of Moses, the Hebrew child who became a Prince of Pharaoh's household; and of the wonderful exodus of the Children of Israel. But besides that, it is a land which has a most strange and wonderful story of its own. No other country has so long a history of great Kings, and wise men, and brave soldiers; and in no other country can you see anything to compare with the great buildings, some of them most beautiful, all of them most wonderful, of which Egypt has so many. We have some old and interesting buildings in this country, and people go far to see cathedrals and castles that are perhaps five or six hundred years old, or even more; but in Egypt, buildings of that age are looked upon as almost new, and nobody pays very much attention to them. For the great temples and tombs of Egypt were, many of them, hundreds of years old before the story of our Bible, properly speaking, begins.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1494798832
• ISBN13: 9781494798833
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"