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The year is 1924, and the recent discovery of King Tut's tomb is still fresh in everyone's minds. Will Hunt is a boy who is so interested in King Tut that he's part of the King Tut Club! He is very excited when his family is invited to join Dr. George Reisner, a world-famous Egyptologist, and become part of a team exploring the Giza 7000X archaeological site. This colorfully illustrated book combines Will's journal entries and postcards with funny cartoons and informative sidebars about ancient Egypt. The sidebars contain information about the process of mummification, archaeology tools, cartouches, Qufti workers, hieroglyphs, and more. Also included are photos taken at the actual expedition and collages of authentic documents and artifacts. By Claudia Logan; illus. by Melissa Sweet. 41 pgs, hc. ~ Lisa
This book was well done and had a lot of information presented in a very interesting format. My 9 year old loved it!
Joy S
Rated 5 out of 5
May 21, 2009
I bought this book for my ten year old daughter We read it on the couch yesterday in one sitting (I tried to stop halfway through but she couldn't bear to leave the mystery unsolved!) The 5000 Year Old Mystery is a great living book for three main themes: archaeology critical thinking and Ancient Egypt (specifically burial practices) Its laid out somewhat like a scrapbook with lots of sidebar notes postcards and sketches adorning the basic storys text What I liked about the book is that its a view of Ancient Egypt from an early 19th century archaeologists perspective The modern Egyptians also play a part in the story; its not all about the American scientists Basically a boy named Will gets to travel to Egypt and work alongside Dr George Reisner (an actual archaeologist) to explore Giza 7000X The expedition is historical fact but Will is an invented character Whose tomb is this? Why is it different from other tombs? That's the mystery to be solvedIf you have a child who loves archaeology and solving mysteries this book will be a winner My daughter enjoyed coming up with her own explanations as we read through the book Actually the mystery is not definitively solved There are two possibilities but the open-ended nature of the tombs discovery is a great opportunity to practice logical thinking does your explanation fit the facts?
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Rainbow Resource CenterStore
It seems like a fun, interactive fiction book.
Laura S
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Phyllis B
This is a fun book to use when studying Ancient history.
It seems like a fun, interactive fiction book.
Reading used with Heart of Dakota Preparing Hearts
This is a fun book to use when studying Ancient history.