Your Travel Guide to Ancient Egypt Book

Takes readers on a journey back in time in order to experience life in ancient Egypt, describing clothing, accommodations, foods, local customs, transportation, a few notable ...

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Part of a six-volume series, Your Travel Guides, these books follow the same, well-organized format that begins with an introduction that is virtually the same in each book, followed by chapters that carry identical titles in every volume, including discussions of money, which cities to visit, local customs and manners, where to stay, and more. Scattered throughout the attractively designed pages are boxed tidbits of additional information. One chapter also contains instructions for making two items common during that period in history. Better editing of the volume on the Civil War might have caught the error that identifies Stonewall Jackson as a Union general, but overall the book is well researched and compiled. Several major battles are discussed as well as the use of African American soldiers, the basics of the conflicting philosophies of the North and South, military life, and what was going on off the battlefields. Ancient Egypt will teach students about the detailed and often complex society of ancient Egypt in simple language. Various periods are explained in each chapter. In the chapter on money, the evolution of prices, barter, and the development of currency through hundreds of years are discussed. This series would be a fine starting point for research on each period. Other volumes in the series cover ancient Mayan civilization, Renaissance Europe, Colonial America, and ancient Greece. Glossary. Index. Illus. Photos. Maps. Biblio. Further Reading. Chronology. VOYA CODES: 4Q 2P J S (Better than most, marred only by occasional lapses; For the YA with a special interest in the subject; Junior High, defined as grades 7 to 9; Senior High, defined as grades 10 to 12). 2001,Lerner, 96p. PLB $26.60. Ages 13 to 18. Reviewer: Janet Mura SOURCE: VOYA, August 2001 (Vol. 24, No. 3)