Ancient Egypt: 120 Big Questions: An Illustrated Q&A Encyclopedia — Amazing Answers for Curious Kids Ages 6-12

Why did the Egyptians pull the brain out through the nose but leave the heart where it was? What happened to a heart that weighed more than a feather? And whose tomb is still out there, buried under the sand? Ancient Egypt lasted three thousand years - longer than the gap between the last pharaoh and today. This book explains it to a child who wants real answers. 120 questions. One per page. More than 480 illustrations. Every page takes a single question and answers it three ways, in short sentences a six-year-old can manage and a twelve-year-old will not find babyish. Each page finishes with a bonus answer and a surprising fact at the foot - the kind children repeat at the dinner table. Eleven chapters: - The Pyramids - how two million blocks were moved without a single machine, and why the builders were not slaves- Mummies - the seventy-day process, the four jars, and why the brain was thrown away- The Afterlife - the weighing of the heart, the Book of the Dead, and the little clay servants buried to do the chores- Pharaohs - Tutankhamun, Hatshepsut, Ramesses the Great and Cleopatra- Gods and Temples - why the gods have animal heads, and what really happened behind a temple door- The Nile - the flood, the crocodiles, and why Egypt is almost all desert- Food and Farming - bread full of sand, and what it did to Egyptian teeth- Everyday Life - houses, toys, board games, wigs, eye makeup and doctors- Animals - cats, hippos, baboons, and the cobra on the crown- Writing and Learning - hieroglyphs, the Rosetta Stone, and how we learned to read them again- Tombs and Treasure - the Valley of the Kings, tomb robbers, and what is still buried Made to be read alone. Large 8.5 x 11 inch pages, clear headings, short paragraphs. Open it anywhere and read one question or twenty - it does not have to be read in order, and no prior knowledge is needed. For curious readers aged 6-12 - and for anyone who has been asked why mummies were wrapped and had to admit they did not know.