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Author: Nick Would
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 1845072995
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne morning Khepri, a scarab beetle, meets the Pharaoh, Prince of Egypt, and they become friends. Then Khepri discovers a terrible trap in the Pharaoh's newly built tomb. This hauntingly told and dramatically illustrated story includes an endnote on Pharaohs and tomb building.Ages 6-8
Author: Fiona Ingram
Publisher: Bublish, Inc.
Published: 2016-08-25
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 0997676183
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Secret of the Sacred Scarab (The Chronicles of the Stone, Book One)
Author: Richard Jones
Publisher: Pelagic Publishing Ltd
Published: 2017-02-01
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 1784271063
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'a true gem' —London Naturalist 'I love this book' —Nick Baker The author completes the book with an identification guide to dung itself, so that you can identify the animal that left it behind. Pellets or pats? Scats, spraints, frass, guano, spoor learn your way around different species droppings. There's also a dung-feeder s identification guide that includes the species you re most likely to encounter on an exploration of the dung heap. Journey through the digestive systems of humans, farm and wild animals, and meet some of nature’s ultimate recyclers as they eat, breed in and compete for dung. The fall of bodily waste onto the ground is the start of a race against the clock as a multitude of dung-feeders and scavengers consume this rich food source. From the enigmatic dung-rolling beetles to bat guano and giant elephant droppings, dung creates a miniature ecosystem to be explored by the aspiring dung watcher. The author completes the book with an identification guide to dung itself, so that you can identify the animal that left it behind. Pellets or pats? Scats, spraints, frass, guano, spoor – learn your way around different species’ droppings. There’s also a dung-feeder’s identification guide that includes the species you’re most likely to encounter on an exploration of the dung heap.
Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2013-05-22
Total Pages: 764
ISBN-13: 1616143622
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe war with the Wasp Empire has ended in a bitter stalemate, and Collegium has nothing to show for it but wounded veterans. Cheerwell Maker finds herself crippled in ways no doctor can mend, haunted by ghosts of the past that she cannot appease, seeking for meaning in a city that no longer seems like home. The Empress Seda is regaining control over those imperial cities who refused to bow the knee to her, but she draws her power from something more sinister than mere armies and war machines. Only her consort, the former spymaster Thalric, knows the truth, and now the assassins are coming and he finds his life and his loyalties under threat yet again. Out past the desert of the Nem the ancient city of Khanaphes awaits them both, with a terrible secret entombed beneath its stones...
Author: Christina Balit
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2000-05
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780805063349
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecounts the legend of the lost civilization of Atlantis. Includes a note discussing various explanations for the legend.
Author: Scott Peters
Publisher: Best Day Books For Young Readers
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Total Pages: 161
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKKid Detective Zet must unmask a jewelry forger's ring to save his best friend in this gripping case. 12-year-old Zet is on the trail of his latest mystery: priceless amulets are disappearing all over ancient Egypt. Worse, his best friend is being treated more like a prisoner than a student at a secretive jewelry apprentice school. Are the evil teachers and jewel thefts related? When Zet receives a desperate message hidden inside an amulet, he's determined to rescue his friend. Armed with a brainy sister who can read and write hieroglyphics, Zet searches for clues. Can he expose the wicked plot and take down the criminals before it's too late? Find out in this page-turning mystery! From the creator of over 300 museum and science center exhibits worldwide comes a story that brings ancient civilizations and Egyptian mythology to life. What kids are saying: "I am 11 years old. I could not put this book down." What parents are saying: "has reread them more than once!" What teachers are saying: "students ask to borrow the book" Perfect for fans of the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Mr. Lemoncello's Library, Rick Riordan's Kane Chronicles, and for all kids who love ancient Egypt. Plunge into action in a land that's home to pyramids and tombs, mummies, the Sphinx, Cleopatra, King Tut, and a pantheon of fascinating gods. Don your detective hat, pack your bags, and set off for ancient Egypt!
Author: Samuel Bavli
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016-09-06
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9781537342856
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMiddle Grade Readers: Buckle your seatbelts for a rollercoaster time-travel adventure back to ancient Egypt. When Jon encounters a sphinx on a class trip to the museum, little does he know that his life is about to change forever. The sphinx whisks Jon away in the dead of night to ancient Egypt, and Jon is thrown into a world of mystery, sorcery, and adventure. Jon must overcome his fears and battle evil forces to discover the identity of the sorcerer who imprisoned the soul of the king's vizier in the stone sphinx, to remain there forever. Enter the magical world of ancient Egypt in The Secret of the Sphinx.
Author: Sax Rohmer
Publisher: Ozymandias Press
Published: 2018-01-30
Total Pages: 163
ISBN-13: 1531284043
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe scenes of this story are laid in Egypt -- Abu-Tabah, the inscrutable Egyptian, who appears and disappears so mysteriously, is not so blood-curdling a villain as Fu Manchu, but his exploits possess the same breathless interest that characterized the activities of the yellow doctor. In the latter half of the book, notably in the story, "The Valley of the Sorceress," there is an element new in Rohmer's work -- that of the supernatural ...
Author: DeTraci Regula
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9781567185607
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This work provides information on the modern practice of Isis worship, portraying the goddess as a universal rather than specifically Egyptian deity. It contains rituals and exercises demonstrating how to divine the future using the Sacred Scarabs, cast love spells, and more."--Amazon.
Author: Foy Scalf
Publisher: Oriental Institute Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781614910381
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscover how the ancient Egyptians controlled their immortal destiny! This book, edited by Foy Scalf, explores what the Book of the Dead was believed to do, how it worked, how it was made, and what happened to it.
