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- The Ancient Egypt Pack: A
three-dimensional Celebration of Egyptian Mythology, Culture, Art, Life
and Afterlife
By Christos Kondeatis (Illustrator), Sara Maitland, Sarah Maitland
For children who want to explore the
mysteries of ancient this is a fun guide. It is beautifully illustrated
and includes pop up paper sculptures such as temples and the sphinx, the
ancient game of Senet and 3 dimensional models. Reading Age: 9-12
- Egyptian Kings and Queens and
Classical Deities (Looking into the Past.)
by Dwayne E. Pickels, Dewayne E. Pickles
Reading Age: 9-12
- Fun With
Hieroglyphs
by Catharine Roehrig, Catherine H. RoehrigThis kit for children is excellent it
includes 24 rubber stamps, an inkpad, an Egyptian hieroglyph chart and a
guidebook, which contains quizzes and puzzles. Reading age: Young Adult
- Hieroglyphs from A to Z :
A Rhyming Book Woth Ancient Egyptian Stencils for Kids
by Peter Der Manuelian, Peter Der Manuelian, Eva Moore
Reading Age: 9-12
- Pyramid : An Interactive
Guide to the Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
Learn about ancient Egypt with a pack featuring a press-out pyramid model, a map, a die-cut viewer of pyramids and the sphinx, a game, a hieroglyphics decoder and a secret letter to decode. Reading Age: 9-12
- Hieroglyph It: Discover
the Picture Language of Ancient Egypt
by Sue Weatherill, Stephen Weatherill, Steve Weatherhill, Sue Weatherhill.
Reading Age: 4 - 8
- Egyptian Pyramid (Watch
It Grow)
by Elizabeth Longley, John James
Follows the step-by-step process of building an Egyptian pyramid. Features step-cut pages to show the way things get bigger as they grow. Reading Age: 4 - 8
- Egyptian Life (British
Museum)
by Miriam Stead
Reading Age: 4 - 8
- The Egyptians (Footsteps
in Time)
by Ruth Thomson, Cilla Eurich (Illustrator), Ruth Levy (Illustrator)
Reading Age: 4 - 8
- The Great Pyramid : An
Interactive Book
by Roscoe Cooper (Illustrator), Carolyn Croll (Illustrator)
Each spread in this elaborately designed, full-colour interactive book explains a different facet of the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza. Readers will discover the secrets of the mysterious world of ancient Egypt as they turn pages to reveal pop-ups of each stage of construction, pull tabs to unfurl the secret scroll of the architect, and lift flaps to uncover grave robbers in action.
Reading Age: 4 - 8
- Mummies (All Aboard
Reading)
by Joyce Milton, Susan Swan (Illustrator)
This fascinating book with colour illustrations takes a look at Egypt's ancient mummies. Filled with unusual and up-to-date facts, it uncovers the mysteries of how and why mummies were made and what they reveal today. Reading Age: 4 - 8
- Pyramids : 50 Hands-On
Activities to Experience Ancient Egypt
by Avery Hart, Paul Mantell, Susan Williamson (Editor)
Today's kids actively experience the wonders of ancient Egypt. Games, food, clothing and creative activities involve children in the exploration of life in an ancient society.
Reading Age: 4 - 8
- Who Built the Pyramids?
(Starting Point History Series)
by Jane Chisholm, Struan Reid (Contributor), Sue Stitt (Illustrator), Chisholm Reid Reading Age: 4 - 8
- The Egyptian
Cinderella
by Shirley Climo, Ruth Heller (Illustrator)
Yes! ancient Egypt is the origin of the Cinderella story - Rhodopis, a Greek slave in is given a pair of red slippers by her kindly old master. However, a falcon swoops down and soars away with one of them, she is heartbroken. But little does she know that the falcon will deliver her slipper to the great Pharaoh himself, who will search Egypt to find its owner. Full-color illustrations. Reading Age: 4 - 8
- A Coloring Book of
Ancient Egypt
This coloring book includes art from the earliest kings through three thousand years to Cleopatra. There are animals at play, gods and goddesses, ships, dancers, and scenes of Egyptians at work and sport.
Reading Age: 4 - 8
- The ABC of Hieroglyphs:
Ancient Egyptian Writing
by Jaromir Malek
From the 700 different signs from an alphabet of 24 signs employed by the ancient Egyptians, this is an easytomaster primer for adults and kids with the most frequently used signs from statues, words and sentences and some grammar. -
- Tutankhamun's
Egypt
by Cyril Aldred - Akhenaten : King of
Egypt
by Cyril Aldred
The story of Akhenaten and Nefertiti - Hatchepsut : The Female
Pharaoh
by Joyce Tyldesley
A biography drawing on archaeological and historical evidence tells of the brilliant female pharaoh who ruled Egypt for more than twenty years, but whose name and image were viciously attacked after her reign came to an end. - The Warrior
Pharaohs.
by Leonard. Cottrell
An acount of those fighting kings - Thutmose III, Seti I, Rameses II and Rameses III - Riddle of the
Pyramids
by Kurt Mendelssohn
This is a very interesting book, which covers the evolution of building techniques beginning with small mastaba tombs, to the Great Pyramid. Mr Mendelssohn suggests that the purpose of the pyramids was a method of organising the people and establishing a common goal, creating the world’s first nation state.
- How to Read Egyptian
Hieroglyphs : A Step-By-Step Guide to Teach Yourself
by Mark Collier, Bill Manley, Richard Parkinson (Illustrator)
Egyptologists Collier and Manley use drawings of actual inscriptions displayed in the British Museum to teach a basic course in reading hieroglyphs. It is aimed at those who have no previous experience of reading hieroglyphs but is also very useful to those who wish to improve their knowledge.The text is clear and the practical exercises have been developed from years of experience teaching the writings of the Egyptians to non-specialists. It is without doubt my top book and the best textbook of its kind and you will defiantly improve your reading skills after studying it.
- Hieroglyphics The Writings of
Ancient Egypt
by Maria Carmela Betro.If you want
to know more about hieroglyphs this is an excellent book. It's
Superbly illustrated and explains about 600 symbols, tracing their
origin and meaning. - An Egyptian Hieroglyphic
Reading Book for Beginners
By E. A. Wallis Budge - An Egyptian Hieroglyphic
Dictionary: With an Index of English Words, King List, an Geographical
List With Indexes, List of Hieroglyphic Characters,
Vol.1
By E. A. Wallis Budge - An Egyptian
Hieroglyphic Dictionary: With an Index of English Words, King List, a
geographical List with Indexes, List of Hieroglyphic Characters, Vol.
2
By E. A. Wallis Budge -
- Egyptian Language:
Easy Lessons in Egyptian Hieroglyphics
By E. A. Wallis Budge
- Egyptian Language:
Easy Lessons in Egyptian Hieroglyphics
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- A Hieroglyphic
Vocabulary to the Book of the Dead
By E. A. Wallis Budge
- A Hieroglyphic
Vocabulary to the Book of the Dead
- A hieroglyphic vocabulary to
the Theban recession of the Book of the dead, with an index to all the
English equivalents of the Egyptian words
By E. A. Wallis Budge -
- Legends of the
Egyptian Gods: Hieroglyphic Texts and Translations
By E. A. Wallis Budge
Includes the legend of creation, destruction of mankind, of Osiris and Isis, the origin of Horus and a seven years famine - as well as others.
- Legends of the
Egyptian Gods: Hieroglyphic Texts and Translations
- Tutankhamen :
Amenism, Atenism
and Egyptian Monotheism With Hieroglyphic Texts of Hymns to Amen and
Aten
By E. A. Wallis Budge
- British Museum Dictionary of
Ancient Egypt
by Ian Shaw, Paul NicholsonThis authoritative book, by the staff of
the Egyptian department of the British Museum, covers three thousand
years of ancient Egyptian history. The writing and illustrations are
first class and is without doubt an essential item for anyone
interested in the land of the pharaohs. - The British Museum Book of
Ancient Egypt
Edited by Stephen Quirke and Jeffrey Spencer. - The Penguin Historical Atlas
of Ancient Egypt
by Bill ManleyThis book traces the history of Egypt from
the founding of Memphis around 5000BC to the final days its
civilisation. Using over 60 colour maps, 70 illustrations and up to
date archaeological evidence we are given a new understanding in this
remarkable culture. - Romer's
Egypt
by John Romer
A new light on the civilization of Ancient Egypt - Ancient Lives; Daily Life in
Egypt of the Pharaohs
by John RomerJohn Romer uses hundreds of surviving texts
to describe the life and times of one group of people in Egypt. The
book centres around the people of a tiny New Kingdom village, which
was the home of artisans and construction workers who created the
marvellous tombs in the Valley of the Kings. - The Seven Wonders of
the World : A History of the Modern Imagination
by John Romer, Elizabeth RomerFrom a television series, The Seven Wonders
of the World tells the stories of the making of such ancient
marvels as the Egyptian Pyramids, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and
the Colossus of Rhodes.
- Egypt : Yesterday and Today :
Lithographs
by David Roberts, Fabio Bourbon, Antonio Attini (Photographer)Wow! This book is fantastic. In the early
part of the nineteenth century, Scotsman, David Roberts travelled up
the Nile keeping a diary of his journey and making a remarkable body
of artwork, all in colourful detail. In this book Egypt's monuments
and landscapes are illustrated as they were seen over one hundred
years ago. Each site is also represented as it appears
today.
- The Cat in Ancient
Egypt
Jaromir Malek
- Egyptian Myths (The
Legendary Past)
by George Hart
- The Animal World of the
Pharaohs
by Patrick F. Houlihan
Birds, beasts and fish - animals of all kinds were a central part of Egyptian life. In this splendid book, Patrick Houlihan examines all aspects of the relationship between people and animals in ancient Egypt, and identifies the animals most commonly represented in art and hieroglyphs.
Sir E. A. Wallis
Budge.
Another good
source for hieroglyphic writing is Sir E. A. Wallis Budge. However, some
of his books are out of date because they were written a long time ago.
(He was keeper of the British Museum’s Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities
department from 1894 –1924). New discoveries have since given us a
better understanding of the ancient language. Nevertheless, his books
are still useful.
General Ancient Egyptian History
John Romer
John Romer is an
artist and historian but does not hold an official Egyptology degree.
However, unlike many dusty academics, he articulates the stories of
ancient people in a unique way and has a rare ability to conjure up the
past in the mind’s eye. He was born in 1941 in Surrey and studied at the
Royal College of Art in London. From 1973 to 1977, he worked as an
artist in epigraphic studies in the temples and tombs of Thebes. In
1977-1979, he originated and organised an excavation of the tomb of
Ramesses XI for the Brooklyn Museum. He has written several acclaimed
books and produced some excellent TV documentaries.
Romer's Egypt.
BBC/Channel 4: London, 1982.
Ancient Lives. Channel 4:
London, 1984.
Testament. Antelope Films/Channel 4:
London, 1988.
The Rape of Tutankhamun. Voyager
Films/Channel 4/ PBS, 1994.
The Seven Wonders of the
World. The Learning Channel, 1995.
Byzantium--The Lost
Empire. ABTV/Ibis Films/The Learning Channel, 1997.
Egyptian Myths, gods and animals