Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Who can resist the allure of ancient Egypt -- and the thrill of uncovering mysteries that have lain hidden for thousands of years? Not the feisty Miss Emily Sands, who in 1926, four years after the discovery of King Tut's tomb, led an expedition up the Nile in search of the tomb of the god Osiris. Alas, Miss Sands and crew soon vanished into the desert, never to be seen again. But luckily, her keen observations live on in the form of a lovingly kept journal, full of drawings, photographs, booklets, foldout maps, postcards, and many other intriguing samples. Here are just a few of EGYPTOLOGY's special features: an extravagantly gilded cover, featuring a raised Horus hawk pendant with three encrusted gems a playable game of Senet -- ancient Egyptian checkers -- including board, pieces, original-style dice, and rules a souvenir booklet showing how to read simple hieroglyphs -- a scrap of textured mummy cloth a facsimile of the gilded mummy mask of King Tut-- a gilded eye-of-Horus amulet with a jewel at the end Rich with information about life in ancient Egypt and peppered with Miss Sands's lively narration, EGYPTOLOGY concludes with a letter from the former Keeper of Antiquities at the British Museum, explaining which parts of this unique tale may be accepted as fact, which are guided by legend, and which reflect the author's delightful sense of fancy. Discover the wonders of ancient Egypt through a fascinating journal from a lost expedition -- a treasure trove of fact and fantasy featuring a novelty element on every spread.

Rating: - more like amazology!
This book is so full of egyptian history its amazing!
There are secret pouches to find lots more exciting treasures. You can remove layer upon layer or tombs, until you reach.....a mummy!
My 6 year old loves it. It is a bit advanced for a young child, but if an adult is reading and explaining (almost everything) it's really awesome.

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Rating: - Fascinating for readers of any age
Bought as part of a birthday gift for my grandson who is fascinated with Egypt. This book (and series of "Ologies") is jam packed with interesting facts, with hands-on activities guaranteed to entertain and teach.

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Rating: - Excellent!
What makes it good is historical accuracy paired with the explorative nature of the book. It is colorful, full of pictures and many useful/random tidbits.

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Rating: - Fun, Intriguing Book
This is a great book for kids who enjoy interactive creative reads. The extras are always nice to accompany these books. The Egyptology book was snapped up by my students and they loved it. It was quite enjoyable to them and they read more than they often do in books. The big eye was really interesting to them.

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Rating: - good book
lots of good information for the younger reader. Also a good segway into more involved books.

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