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English
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In this startling historical mystery, unique in the author's canon, Agatha Christie investigates a deadly mystery at the heart of a dissonant family in ancient Egypt. Imhotep, wealthy landowner and priest of Thebes, has outraged his sons and daughters by bringing a beautiful concubine into their fold. And the manipulative Nofret has already set about a plan to usurp her rivals' rightful legacies. When her lifeless body is discovered at the foot of...
2) Pyramid
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Text and black-and-white illustrations follow the intricate step-by-step process of the building of an ancient Egyptian pyramid.
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City spies volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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When hackers target locations all over London, Kat leads the City Spies in testing security for the British Museum where a secret message leads them to Egypt and the ancient City of the Dead.
Author
Series
Ethan Gage adventures volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
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Acquiring an ancient medallion covered with indecipherable symbols, expatriate American Ethan Gage is forced to flee for his life when he is framed for murder and forced to accompany Napoleon Bonaparte on the emperor's quest to conquer Egypt.
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 15
Language
English
Description
Linnet Doyle is young, beautiful, and rich. She's the girl who has everything-including the man her best friend loves. Linnet and her new husband take a cruise on the Nile, where they meet the brilliant detective Hercule Poirot. It should be an idyllic trip, yet Poirot has a vague, uneasy feeling that something is dangerously amiss.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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"A spellbinding journey from California to Cairo to unravel centuries-old family secrets. Joseph, a literature student at Berkeley, is the son of a Jewish mother and a Muslim father. One day, a mysterious package arrives on his doorstep, pulling him into a mesmerizing adventure to uncover the tangled history that binds the two sides of his family. For generations, the men of the al-Raqb family have served as watchmen of the storied Ibn Ezra Synagogue...
Author
Publisher
A Scholastic/Madison Press Book
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
An account of Howard Carter's discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamun, descriptions of the artifacts inside and their importance, the discovery in 1988 of more artifacts, and theories about the curse associated with the tomb.
Author
Series
Sigma Force novels volume 12
Language
English
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Description
Two years after vanishing into the Sudanese desert, the leader of a British archeological expedition, Professor Harold McCabe, comes stumbling out of the sands, frantic and delirious, but he dies before he can tell his story. The mystery deepens when an autopsy uncovers a bizarre corruption: someone had begun to mummify the professor's body--while he was still alive. His strange remains are returned to London for further study, when alarming news...
11) Egypt
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
12) A look at Egypt
Author
Publisher
Pebble Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple text and photographs introduce the land, people, animals, transportation, and monuments of Egypt.
13) Egypt
Author
Publisher
Abdo Pub
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the history, geography, society, economy, and culture of Egypt.
14) The Great Sphinx
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education and Creative Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"An investigative approach to the curious phenomena and mysterious circumstances surrounding the Great Sphinx, from historical legends to archaeological findings to hard facts"--
Author
Series
T. Rex time machine volume 2
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Language
English
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Description
When their time machine lands the two hungry Tyrannosaurus rex in the Nile River, King Tut mistakes them for the Egyptian god Sobek and invites them to a feast--but when the aliens working on a mysterious "triangle project" expose them as dinosaurs they once again flee in their time machine with no idea where they will land next.
19) Giza pyramids
Author
Series
Publisher
Focus Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Describes the purpose and history of the Giza pyramids from ancient times until today. Includes infographic, sidebars, and "That's Amazing!" features"--
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