Hart, George,

Ancient Egypt / Eyewitness Ancient Egypt author, George Hart. - Revised edition. American edition. New edition. - 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm - DK eyewitness .

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Early Egypt -- Life on the Nile -- Famous pharaohs -- Royal court -- Mummies -- Everlasting bodies -- The afterlife -- The pyramids -- The Valley of the Kings -- Egyptian deities -- Healing the sick -- Temples -- Sacred rituals -- Scribes -- Writing -- Weapons of war -- Sailing on the Nile -- Buying and selling -- Tools -- Hunting and fishing -- In the home -- Food and drink -- Song and dance -- Games -- Clothes and hair -- All that glitters -- Ancient beauty -- Birds and beasts -- The end of the pharaohs -- Did you know? -- The pharaohs -- Find out more -- Glossary.

"Travel back 5,000 years to when pharaohs ruled a kingdom on the Nile. From hieroglyphs and pyramids to jeweled treasures and mummies, find out how archaeologists cracked a code and unlocked the history of civilization."--

ISBN: 9780744028935 0744028930 9780744039634 0744039630

LCCN: 2022286286

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Antiquities.
Civilization.

LC Class. No.: DT61 / .H284 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 932/.01