You wouldn't want to be a pyramid builder! A hazardous job you'd rather not have

Jacqueline Morley

Book - 2014

The ancient Egyptian pyramids are one of the wonders of the world but what was it like to work on one? Experience for yourself the lives of laborers, scribes, artists, and embalmers as they prepare the Pharaohs final resting place.

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Published
New York : Franklin Watts, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc 2014.
Language
English
Main Author
Jacqueline Morley (-)
Other Authors
David Antram, 1958- (illustrator)
Edition
Revised edition
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm
ISBN
9780531271018
9780531238523
  • Scraping a living
  • Officials, officials
  • Pulling your weight
  • Sent to the quarries
  • Skilled stuff ... masons at work
  • Scribes, scribes, scribes
  • Carvers and painters
  • Home comforts
  • Staying on the right side of the gods
  • Off-color days
  • Wrapping up the Pharoah
  • The pyramid is finished!