Secrets of the Pharaohs: 60 Fascinating Facts About Ancient Egypt

About This Book

Who was the boy king Tutankhamun? How were the pyramids built? Did bowling really start in ancient Egypt?

Secrets of the Pharaohs opens the tomb on 60 fascinating facts about ancient Egypt: powerful pharaohs and queens like Hatshepsut and Cleopatra, the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx, Ra, Anubis and the weighing of the heart, the mummy-making recipe and animal mummies, everyday life along the Nile, and clever inventions like papyrus and hieroglyphs.

Every fact gets its own two-page spread: something short and surprising to read on the left, and a full-page picture to color on the right.

Inside this book:

• 60 ancient Egypt facts written in kid-friendly language
• 60 full-page coloring pages
• An "Explorer's Note" bonus fact on every spread
• A hands-on "Try This" activity for every fact
• Six themed sections: pharaohs and royals, pyramids and temples, gods and goddesses, mummies and the afterlife, everyday life, and Egyptian inventions

Made for young history explorers ages 6 to 12. A screen-free gift for birthdays, holidays and school projects.

Part of the Color & Discover series of fact and coloring books.