Mummies, Temples and Tombs, Children’s, Teenage and Educational – Children’s , Paperback, Clive Dickinson

Name: Mummies, Temples and Tombs, Children’s, Teenage and Educational – Children’s , Paperback, Clive Dickinson
Brand: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks

HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks

Mummies, Temples and TombsAuthor(s): Clive Dickinson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom\nImprint: HarperCollins\nISBN-13: 9780007153787, 978-0007153787\nSynopsis\nPublished to accompany Wall-to-Walls thrilling, live-action TV series Ancient Egyptians, this entertaining book vividly brings to life the stories of five fascinating people who lived in Egypt over 2,000 years ago, as recorded on original papyrus documents or etched in stone.\n\nThe individuals whose lives are so vividly recounted include the royal sculptor Thutmose, who even today is remembered as creator of one of the best known pieces of ancient Egyptian art the plaster bust of Nefertiti, the heretic pharaoh Akhenatons beautiful queen. Then there is Wenamun, the priest who set out on an heroic adventure down the Nile in search of materials to build a sacred barge to the god Amun. His life is graphically described in the autobiography inscribed on his tomb which outlines his thrilling.