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Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In this book, Asef Bayat, a leading scholar of the Middle East and North Africa, presents a new way of thinking about the Arab Spring and the meaning of revolution. Blending field research, on-the-ground interviews, and social theory, Bayat shows how the practice of everyday life in Egypt and Tunisia was fundamentally altered by revolutionary activity"--
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"How did someone become pharaoh? -- What did a pharaoh do each day? -- Did the pharaoh personally lead his army into battle? -- How influential was the Great Royal Wife? -- How was a pharaoh embalmed and buried? -- Who was the last pharaoh (and it wasn't Cleopatra)?"--jkt.
6) Egypt
Author
Series
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Young readers can explore Egypt and all it has to offer in this engaging board book that is drawn from the author's and illustrator's personal experiences of life in this country.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Hatshepsut was the daugher of Egypt's glorious 18th dynasty pharaoh Tuthmosis I. The little princess was expected to be seen and not heard. Everyone knew that one of her brothers would take the throne. But Hatshepsut grew up to rule the great land of Egypt herself, not as its queen but as its all powerful king. Read her extraordinary true story from her birthplace to her foreign expeditions and see the world of Egypt through her eyes. Discover...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The many achievements of Ancient Egypt are well known and often taught in social studies curricula. But among all the pharaohs and pyramid-building, there were still kids learning and growing in Egypt! In this volume, readers learn about what Egyptian children wore and ate, what games they played, and what their schooling was like. Age-appropriate content is accessible, interesting, and relatable for lower elementary readers. Historical images and...
10) Egyptians!
Author
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"What was it like to live in ancient Egypt? Ancient Civilizations: Egyptians! With 25 Social Studies Projects for Kids combines hands-on STEAM projects with riddles, jokes, fascinating facts, comic strips, essential questions, and links to online resources to encourage kids to develop an understanding of how this ancient civilization contributes to our modern world"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
New York Review Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Esmond and Ilia follows Marina Warner's beautiful, penniless young mother Ilia as she leaves southern Italy in 1945 to travel alone to London. Her husband, an English colonel, is still away in the war in the East as she begins to learn how to be Mrs. Esmond Warner, an Englishwoman. With diamond rings on her fingers and brogues on her feet, Ilia steps fearlessly into the world of cricket and riding. But, without prospect of work in a bleak, war-ravaged...
13) Egyptian mummies
Author
Series
Publisher
DiscoverRoo, an imprint of Pop!
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
An introduction to Egyptian mummies, discussing what they are, how they were made and more.
14) Egypt
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Home to ancient pyramids, sphinxes, and other remarkable remnants of the past, Egypt has long captured the imagination of people around the world. Readers will get an insiders view of this African nation as they explore sandy deserts, busy cities, and much more alongside tour guides Marwa and Hazem. Along the way, theyll learn about Egypts history, culture, and more. --from Amazon.
16) Sacred Nile
Author
Publisher
March Forth Imprint
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Sacred Nile is the story of our collective spiritual imagination and practice. Chester Higgins celebrates the agency of people of African descent and their influence on the foundation of Western religion. His images illustrate how faith migrated up and down the River Nile from Ethiopia to Egypt leaving vestiges of ancient practice in today’s worship. This visual portrayal of faith reexamines our spiritual beginnings. --from Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Michael O'Mara Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Spend a year in the company of the ancient Egyptians, during the twenty-sixth and final year of the reign of Amenhotep II (c.1400 BC), which saw a royal transition bringing Thutmose IV to the throne of Upper and Lower Egypt. While builders from the secluded village of royal tomb workers rush to complete Amenhotep's tomb, and craftsmen labor to finish the numerous extravagant objects to accompany the god-king in his burial, most Egyptians go about...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
Description
"A vibrant portrait of the talented and entrepreneurial women who defined an era in Cairo. One of the world's greatest twentieth-century cosmopolitan cities, Cairo was a magnet for the ambitious and talented. During the 1920s and 30s, a vibrant music, theater, film, and cabaret scene flourished there, defining what it meant to be a "modern" Egyptian. Women came to dominate that scene-as stars but also as impresarias, entrepreneurs, owners, and promoters...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Ancient Egyptian cities and towns have until recently been one of the least- studied and least-published aspects of this great ancient civilization. Now new research and excavation are transforming our knowledge. The Complete Cities of Ancient Egypt is the first book to bring these latest discoveries to a wide general and scholarly audience, and to provide a comprehensive overview of what we know about ancient settlement during the dynastic period....
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