Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris
by Dugald Steer, Emily Sands
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Author: Dugald Steer, Emily SandsBrand: Candlewick Press
Illustrator: Nick Harris
Illustrator: Helen Ward
Illustrator: Ian Andrew
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-11-04
ISBN: 0763626384
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Candlewick
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- ISBN13: 9780763626389
- Condition: New
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Book Review: That wasn't a coffee stain...
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was awesome! I bought Dragonology AFTER I bought this because I didn't know about these two books. When I went to the book store I first found out about these books when I saw Egyptology on one of the bookshelves. But Egyptology was the only one of the two books on the bookshelf. So I bought this book and it was so cool that I went back and saw they had some book called Dragonology and bought that too. I love both of them and I think they both deserve five stars. Both are so convincing; I SO definitely believe in dragons and that the tomb of Osiris exsists. One of the artists whose name is Nick Harris draws the best pictures that I have ever had the priviledge to lay my eyes on. His pictures are so good it's scary. I mean, it looks like it's a photograph of the real thing. Anyway, I just want to say that this book is just as good as Dragonology was, and I hope more books like these are made because they are definitely worth twenty dollars to buy.
Oh, and buy the way, remember those coffee stains that the publishers noted at the end of the book? I SO don't think that Emily Sands or anyone else spilled coffee on her diary. I mean, really, there has to be a reason why this woman and her comrades disappeared without a trace, right? And I think that the reason is right there, splattered all over the last pages of her book.
Summary of Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris
Discover the wonders of ancient Egypt through a fascinating journal from a lost expedition ? a treasure trove of fact and fantasy featuring a novelty element on every spread.Who can resist the allure of ancient Egypt ? and the thrill of uncovering mysteries that have lain hidden for thousands of years? Not the feisty Miss Emily Sands, who in 1926, four years after the discovery of King Tut's tomb, led an expedition up the Nile in search of the tomb of the god Osiris. Alas, Miss Sands and crew soon vanished into the desert, never to be seen again. But luckily, her keen observations live on in the form of a lovingly kept journal, full of drawings, photographs, booklets, foldout maps, postcards, and many other intriguing samples. Here are just a few of EGYPTOLOGY's special features:
? an extravagantly gilded cover, featuring a raised Horus hawk pendant with three encrusted gems
? a playable game of Senet ? ancient Egyptian checkers ? including board, pieces, original-style dice, and rules
? a souvenir booklet showing how to read simple hieroglyphs
? a scrap of textured "mummy cloth"
? a facsimile of the gilded mummy mask of King Tut
? a gilded eye-of-Horus amulet with a "jewel" at the end
Rich with information about life in ancient Egypt and peppered with Miss Sands's lively narration, EGYPTOLOGY concludes with a letter from the former Keeper of Antiquities at the British Museum, explaining which parts of this unique tale may be accepted as fact, which are guided by legend, and which reflect the author's delightful sense of fancy.
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