Book Description
For more than 3,000 years, Egypt was a great civilization that thrived along the banks of the Nile River. But when its cities crumbled to dust, Egypt’s culture and the secrets of its hieroglyphic writings were
also lost. The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt explains how archaeologists have pieced together their discoveries to slowly reveal the history of Egypt’s people, its pharaohs, and its golden days.
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Discusses the life and history of ancient Egypt from earliest times through the reign of Ramses II, as it has been pieced together from the work of archaeologists.
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For more than 3,000 years, Egypt was a great civilization that thrived along the banks of the Nile River. But when its cities crumbled to dust, Egypt’s culture and the secrets of its hieroglyphic writings were
also lost. The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt explains how archaeologists have pieced together their discoveries to slowly reveal the history of Egypt’s people, its pharaohs, and its golden days.
Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt ANNOTATION
Discusses the life and history of ancient Egypt from earliest times through the reign of Ramses II, as it has been pieced together from the work of archaeologists.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Long ago, a great civilization thrived along the banks of the Nile River. Ruled by awesome godkings called pharaohs, Egypt was a land of bustling cities, golden palaces, and huge stone monuments. This astonishing culture endured for more than 3,000 years before it gradually disappeared. Its cities crumbled to dust, and the meaning of its writings was lost. But beginning with the discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799, the secrets of Egypt's people, its pharaohs, and its golden days have slowly been revealed. Bit by bit, we have solved the mystery of one of the most fascinating civilizations of all time.
FROM THE CRITICS
Children's Literature - Uma Krishnaswami
"At a time when the ancestors of Western man still lived as semi-savages in the dense forests of England and Europe, a great civilization...existed along the banks of the River Nile." Payne's book chronicles this civilization, with a special focus on the monarchs whose power lay at its heart, and the archeological research that helped reveal their story. Champollion's decoding of the Rosetta Stone is here. So are narratives about the rise and fall of individual pharaohs, and of the dynasties. Some thirty years after its first publication, the message Payne leaves us here is still valid-after all, they're still finding treasures buried beneath Egypt's hot sands, and we're still learning about that ancient civilization.
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