| 000 | 02899cam a2200373 a 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 999 |
_c58143 _d56813 |
||
| 001 | 60741874 | ||
| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20190128090535.0 | ||
| 008 | 040519s2004 mauab j 000 0 eng | ||
| 010 | _a2004107614 | ||
| 020 |
_a0763626384 _q(unjacketed hardcover ; _qalk. paper) |
||
| 020 |
_a9780763626389 _q(unjacketed hardcover ; _qalk. paper) |
||
| 040 |
_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dBAKER _dEHH _dPWL _dXY4 _dVP@ _dLEO _dBTCTA _dUtOrBLW |
||
| 042 | _apcc | ||
| 043 | _af-ua--- | ||
| 050 | 0 | 0 |
_aDT60 _b.S22 2004 |
| 082 | 0 | 0 |
_a932 SAN _222 |
| 100 | 1 | _aSands, Emily | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 |
_aEgyptology : _bsearch for the tomb of Osiris : being the journal of Miss Emily Sands, November 1926 / _c[illustration by Nick Harris, Ian Andrew and Helen Ward] |
| 250 | _aFirst U.S. edition | ||
| 300 |
_a1 volume (unpaged) : _billustrations (chiefly color), color map ; _c31 cm |
||
| 520 | _aPurports to be the journal of Emily Sands during her travels in Egypt in 1926 to find the lost tomb of Osiris. Based on real Egyptology, each chapter covers a different place in Egypt. 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 | ||
| 521 | _a8-12 | ||
| 650 | 0 |
_aEgyptology _vJuvenile literature |
|
| 651 | 0 |
_aEgypt _xAntiquities _vJuvenile literature |
|
| 651 | 0 |
_aEgypt _xDescription and travel _vJuvenile literature |
|
| 655 | 7 |
_aToy and movable books. _2lcgft |
|
| 655 | 7 |
_aJuvenile works. _2fast |
|
| 655 | 7 |
_aSpecimens. _2fast |
|
| 700 | 1 |
_aAndrew, Ian, _d1962- _eillustrator |
|
| 700 | 1 |
_aHarris, Nick, _d1958- _eillustrator |
|
| 700 | 1 |
_aWard, Helen, _d1962- _eillustrator |
|
| 942 |
_2ddc _cNON-FIC |
||