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. 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'sspecial 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.

Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris

Children's Books

DUGALD STEER

Emily Sands

History

Candlewick

The book which has conquered peaks of charts in America and Europe. The book was in a rating of the edition of New York Times on the first place of 24 weeks in a row, advancing Dan Brown. This book contains not only the fascinating contents, but also additional materials in the form of colourful cards, improbable mini-books, a sample of a veil of a mummy, the scheme of pyramids, a magic eye of a sphinx, letters from Egypt with cards, photos and even the luggage coupon. The cover of the book is inlaid with magic stones. The book also contains ancient Egyptian game with ancient game counters and a magic game field. All riddles of Egypt in one book! "Pyramids - these mighty symbols of Egypt - reminded me that I so hoped to see here, - about dusty tombs, magnificent temples, the treasuries full of gold, about strange and mysterious mummies. But I arrived here to find something bigger... " Emily Sends, 1926

Egiptologiia in Russian

Attikus

Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris (Eastern Armenian Edition): Yegiptagituyun

Antares

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