I really like this book. It has beautiful photography, with some of the pictures producing almost a 3D effect, jumping out at you. There is also high-tech cartoonography, which also has almost a 3D effect, seeming to jump of the page. The colors are beautiful. There is only a small amount of information on each page, not too overwhelming, but what is there is very informative. It is really geared toward the younger elementary student, but without "talking down."
There is an introduction, followed by 3 chapters, The Nile Delta, The Nile Valley, and Upper Egypt and Beyond, which sort of take you on a trip up the Nile. Subtitles are: Traveling up the Nile, The Annual Flood, Daily Life, Heliopolis, Gods and Godesses, Religious Festivals, The Pharaoh, The Pyramids, Memphis, Scribes and Writing, Underworld, Abydos, Miu, Thebes (1200 B.C.), Valley of the Kings, The Boy Pharoah, Deir-El-Medina, Edge of the Empire, and The Temples of Abu Simbel. Each covers a 2-page spread.
My favorite part of this book is the Underworld section. It describes the art of mummification in quite interestingly, as it pertained to Ramses II. But, the best part is there is a photo of two men working creating a mummy on a table, with objects around them that were used in mummification. There is a plastic page between the two, and you flip it over, and there, in exactly the same positions, are two men in lab coats working at uncovering the mummy, with the canopic jars and other things in the same places around the room. There is also the Valley of the Kings 2 page spread, which opens up to show you a detailed drawing of the inside of the tomb, and the various rooms in a long continuous passage.
I would say that if I were to only use one extra resource for ancient Egypt, this would probably be it.
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