Rating: 7/10
This book is full of little details about Egyptian life, and lots of illustrations on every page. There are 5 quizzes throughout the book, pertaining mostly to what has been read. Also included are "I don't believe it" sections, which have some unusual facts about Egypt, although not all of them are as unbelievable as they would make it sound.
This book is fun, but there are a few things that bothered me about it. First of all, there is no order to the history, with King Narmer (Menes) being #100, who was the "first" ruler of Ancient Egypt, yet Cleopatra VII was #97, and the Great Pyramid is #25.
Also, there were some things which I felt probably weren't important enough to make it onto a top 100 list of things to know about Ancient Egypt, while some key points were left out.
None of the crafts were of the type we could use. They included Making a Death Mask, Making a Magic Eye Charm, and Making a Snake Game.
Overall, however, I liked this book, but wasn't overly impressed with it.
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