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

Morley, Jacqueline. (Author). Antram, David, 1958- (ill.). Salariya, David. (Added Author).

Summary:

Describes the construction of an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, the life and various jobs of the workers, and the burial of the pharaoh.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780531123515 (lib. bdg.)
  • ISBN: 9780531163962 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0531123510 (lib. bdg.)
  • ISBN: 0531163962 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 32 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: A Franklin Watts Library ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Franklin Watts, 2004.

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 pharaoh -- The pyramid is finished!
Subject: Pyramids > Egypt > Design and construction > Juvenile literature.
Unskilled labor > Egypt > Juvenile literature.
Pyramids > Egypt > Juvenile literature.
Egypt > Social life and customs > To 332 B.C. > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Border Regional Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Main Branch - Border Regional Library J 932.014 MOR (Text) 36830002655338 Junior Nonfiction Volume hold Available -


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