You wouldn't want to be a pyramid builder! : a hazardous job you'd rather not have
(2004)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
J/932/MORLEY,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Franklin Watts, [2004]
©2004
©2004
EDITION
A Franklin Watts Library edition
DESCRIPTION
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0531123510 (lib. bdg.), 0531163962 (pbk.)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Includes index
Scraping a living -- Officials, officials -- Pulling your weight -- Sent to the quarries -- Skilled stuff, masons at work -- Scribes, scribes, scribes -- Carvers and painters -- Home comforts -- Staying on the right side of the gods -- Off-color days -- Wrapping up the pharaoh -- The pyramid is finished!
Describes the construction of an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, the life and various jobs of the workers, and the burial of the pharaoh
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