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Author
Series
Myth Adventures volume 19
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2011, c2008
Language
English
Description
When Aahz invests in a scheme to build pyramids, he convinces Skeeve and all of his friends to invest as well, but soon a run of bad luck causes Skeeve to investigate the business venture.
2) Pyramids & tombs of ancient Egypt: an in-depth guide to the burial sites of an ancient civilization
Author
Publisher
Southwater
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
4) Pyramid
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a look at pyramids around the world, including those in Egypt, Sudan, and Central America.
Author
Series
Flat Stanley's worldwide adventures volume 2
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Asked to travel to Egypt to help with an urgent archaeological expedition, Flat Stanley suspects that he might be helping grave robbers and must rely on his quick thinking, unique flatness, and new friends to make things right.
Author
Series
Publisher
Weigl Publishers
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides an overview of the Pyramids of Giza, discussing topics such as its history, chief architect, structural aspects, and construction techniques and materials, and offers information about careers in architecture and construction.
Author
Series
Secret explorers volume 3
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In The Secret Explorers and the Tomb Robbers, Gustavo (history expert) and Kiki (engineering expert) are sent the mission of stopping the Cairo Museum from closing down. They travel back in time to Ancient Egypt and are soon drawn into a tense, thrilling adventure that involves breaking into pyramids, learning ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, and stopping thieves hoping to rob all the treasure from the Pharaoh's tomb"--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Discworld volume 7
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Magic and humor are combined in the whimsical story of the hard life of a teenage pharaoh who does not have a clue about what he is supposed to do as the new ruler of the desert kingdom of Djelibeybi.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The Great Pyramids of Egypt--all kids over the age of five recognize them instantly. These massive tombs were built thousands of years ago, and still no one knows exactly how the ancient Egyptians did it! In this informative account, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler tell the story of the powerful pharaohs who commissioned the pyramids at Giza and offer a fascinating look at the culture of the afterlife in ancient Egypt, explaining exactly how mummies were...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Geronimo travels to Egypt to interview Professor Alrat Spitfur and learns the secret of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient Mouse World.
Author
Series
Mr. Penguin volume 4
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Meet Mr. Penguin - adventurer (and penguin). He has a dashing hat. He has a packed lunch. He is very keen. When Mr Penguin discovers that his good friend Edith has been kidnapped, he's on his most important mission yet. Will he survive a perilous train journey through the desert? Can he complete three impossible tasks ... and still get home in time for a fish finger sandwich?
Author
Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Pierre Tallet's discovery of the Red Sea Scrolls - the world's oldest surviving written documents - in 2013 was one of the most remarkable moments in the history of Egyptology. These papyri, written some 4,600 years ago, combined with Mark Lehner's research and theories, change what we thought we knew about the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza. Here, for the first time, Tallet and Lehner together give us the definitive account of this astounding...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The magic tree house has whisked Jack and Annie to ancient Egypt. Inside a pyramid, Jack and Annie find a long-dead queen who needs their help solving a centuries-old riddle. If only they can find their way through the pyramid's maze!"--
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When fourteen-year-old Talibah and her ten-year-old brother, Adom, visit modern-day Egypt with their historian-father, they become involved in a mystery surrounding Hatshepsut, a woman pharoah, and Senenmut, architect of her mortuary tomb, as well as their own deceased mother.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Purports to be the journal of Emily Sands during her travels in Egypt in 1926 to find the lost tomb of Osiris. Based on real Egyptology, each chapter covers a different place in Egypt.
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