1,001 Facts About Ancient Egypt

by Grabham, Sue

• ISBN13: 9780789490407
• ISBN10: 0789490404
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-02
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

A world of knowledge at your child's fingertips! Small enough to carry in your bag, but big enough to provide all the answers you'll ever need, Backpack Books are jam-packed with thousands of fascinating facts that have been researched and written by experts. More than 550 illustrations and photographs in each book help bring knowledge-on kids' favorite subjects-to life!

Table of Contents

Introduction to Ancient Egypt	p. 8
Egypt today	p. 10
The Nile	p. 12
The sources	p. 14
Before the pharaohs	p. 16
The Old Kingdom	p. 18
The Middle Kingdom	p. 20
The New Kingdom	p. 22
Egyptian Society	p. 24
The people of Egypt	p. 26
Peasants and servants	p. 28
Middle classes	p. 30
The army	p. 32
Egyptian women	p. 34
The pharaoh	p. 36
The royal house	p. 38
Life in Ancient Egypt	p. 40
Everyday life	p. 42
Animals of the Nile	p. 44
Farming	p. 46
Food and drink	p. 48
Trade	p. 50
Egyptian housing	p. 52
Clothing	p. 56
Schooling and writing	p. 60
Games and Leisure	p. 64
Leisure pursuits	p. 66
Playing games	p. 68
Hunting and fishing	p. 70
Banquets and feasts	p. 72
Music and dance	p. 74
Building and Technology	p. 76
Skills and artistry	p. 78
Boat building	p. 80
Weapons of war	p. 82
The pyramids	p. 84
Temples	p. 88
Crafts	p. 90
Egyptian art	p. 92
Religion	p. 96
Worship and beliefs	p. 98
Myths and legends	p. 100
The sun gods	p. 102
Gods and goddesses	p. 104
Magic and popular religion	p. 106
Priests and rituals	p. 108
Death and burial	p. 110
Preparing a mummy	p. 112
Journey to the afterlife	p. 114
Mummy cases	p. 116
Valley of the Kings	p. 120
The End of an Era	p. 124
Foreign pharaohs	p. 126
The Greeks	p. 128
The Romans	p. 130
Ancient Egypt Facts	p. 132
The great Nile	p. 134
Servants and slaves	p. 136
Egyptian children	p. 138
Making paper	p. 140
The Egyptian kitchen	p. 142
Crime and punishment	p. 144
Economy and trade	p. 146
Ships and boats	p. 148
Important cities	p. 150
Temples	p. 152
The pyramids	p. 154
Creation myths	p. 156
The individual soul	p. 158
Ancient tourists	p. 160
Cleopatra	p. 162
Famous Egyptologists	p. 164
Reference Section	p. 166
Maps of Egypt	p. 168
The dynasties	p. 172
Famous pharaohs	p. 174
Gods of ancient Egypt	p. 178
Hieroglyphs	p. 180
Architecture	p. 182
Glossary	p. 184
Index	p. 186
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