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You wouldn't want to be a pyramid builder! : a hazardous job you'd rather not have Cover Image Book

You wouldn't want to be a pyramid builder! : a hazardous job you'd rather not have / written by Jacqueline Morley ; illustrated by David Antram ; created and designed by David Salariya.

You would not want to be a pyramid builder! (other title)
Morley, Jacqueline, (author.). Antram, David, 1958- (illustrator.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780531271018
  • ISBN: 0531271013
  • ISBN: 9780531238523
  • ISBN: 0531238520
  • Physical Description: 32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: Revised edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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!
Target Audience Note:
IG920L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.8 1 161795.

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Pyramids > Egypt > Design and construction > Juvenile literature.
Unskilled labor > Egypt > Juvenile literature.
Egypt > Social life and customs > To 332 B.C. > Juvenile literature.

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