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Author Morley, Jacqueline.

Title 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.

Publication Info. New York : Franklin Watts, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2014.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  J932 MORLEY    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J932.014 MOR    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 932 MORLEY    Check Shelf
Edition Revised edition.
Description 32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
Series You wouldn't want to be
You wouldn't want to--
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.
Note Includes index.
Contents 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!
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.8 1.0 161795.
Subject Pyramids -- Egypt -- Design and construction -- Juvenile literature.
Unskilled labor -- Egypt -- Juvenile literature.
Egypt -- Social life and customs -- To 332 B.C. -- Juvenile literature.
Pyramids -- Egypt.
Unskilled labor -- Egypt.
Egypt -- Social life and customs -- To 332 B.C.
Added Author Antram, David, 1958- illustrator.
Added Title You would not want to be a pyramid builder!
ISBN 9780531271018 library binding
0531271013 library binding
9780531238523 paperback
0531238520 paperback
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