Product Description

Take a boat trip down the crocodile-infested Nile, travel by donkey to the pyramids at Giza, and hire a palanquin to complete the tour in style. This historical travel guide is packed with fascinating facts and colorful illustrations offering kids a unique and enjoyable way to look at Ancient Egypt, its people, places and customs. Looking under headings such as "Accommodation" reveals that a comfortable night's sleep in Thebes may be hard to find since beds were made with ropes or leather straps. "Top attractions" include the recently constructed temples at Karnak and Luxor, and "Getting around" includes tips on the safest ways to travel. Kids will be amused to discover why fashionable folk pin cones of perfumed fat to their heads, how "sniffer baboons" patrol the markets for thieves, and how to avoid being roped into service in the harvest season. A fold-out map at the end of the book helps kids locate all the sites mentioned, and a "tourist quiz" lets young Egyptologists test themselves on the essential information they need to know before they go!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1283935 in Books
• Published on: 1999-04-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

From School Library Journal
Grade 4-7-This is not just another introductory series about ancient cultures and historical periods. Instead, the books are presented as travel guides with topics such as those found in any Fodor's or Fielding's guides-accomodations, what to wear, shopping, eating out, sight-seeing, etc. Each two-page spread has copious full-color illustrations and photographs and an easy-to-understand, lively text that informs readers/tourists about the offerings of ancient Egypt and prerevolution Paris. The latter discusses the political instability of that time and warns tourists about the hazards of visiting the city in a "Travel alert" section. Both titles include a fold-out map that shows possible tours. An ingenious, creative format for presenting history in an immediate, up-to-date way.
Cynthia M. Sturgis, Ledding Library, Milwaukee, OR
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Customer Reviews

Pretend You're Traveling to Ancient Egypt
My son (age 10) chose this book to help him with a school project. I stayed up late that night reading it myself! Lots of interesting facts, a pull out map, a good index, and in a format that is appealing to a variety of ages. You can read it as if you are pretending to go on a trip to Egypt, or just as a collection of interesting pictures with captions. I highly recommend it.