The Great Pyramid: The Story of the Farmers, the God-King and the Most Astonding Structure Ever Built

by Elizabeth Mann

Book Overview

Here's the story of the Great Pyramid and the people who built it. In the author's telling, the Old Kingdom comes alive: a nation of farmers living on the green edge of a harsh desert with a king who was a god in life and in death. Tens of thousands of farmers left home each year to chisel hard stone without iron tools and move 10-ton blocks up steep grades without the use of a wheel, all to the glory of the Pharaoh.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931414114
• ISBN13: 9781931414111
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Mikaya Press
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 9.1" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 9 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 8

Customer Reviews

Great intro to pyramids

We used this book in our homeschool studies of Ancient Egypt. This book is well written and nicely illustrated with a combination of vibrant watercolors and actual photographs. The middle of the book has a fold out panel that shows what the construction site of the Great Pyramid at Giza would have likely looked like. This book does a great job of explaining the spiritual significance of the pyramids as well as the changes in culture their construction brought to the Egyptian people. If you are looking for a book that explains exactly HOW the pyramids were built I higly suggest David Macaulay's book Pyramid. This amazing book uses hand drawn diagrams to explain how each level of the actual pyramid was built as well as the adjacent temples. AMAZING. While The Great Pyramid by Mann is easily understood by elementary students, they may need a little help understanding parts of Maculay's. The two books together provide a thorough understanding of these archaelogical wonders.