How The Sphinx Got To The Museum
Acclaimed author and illustrator, Jessie Hartland, beautifully presents this informative and fascinating history of the Hatshepsut sphinx: from its carving in ancient Egypt to its arrival in the hallowed halls of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. This is essential reading for junior...
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Acclaimed author and illustrator, Jessie Hartland, beautifully presents this informative and fascinating history of the Hatshepsut sphinx: from its carving in ancient Egypt to its arrival in the hallowed halls of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. This is essential reading for junior Egyptologists!
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781609050320 (1609050320)
Publish date: September 1st 2010
Publisher: Blue Apple Books
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
Now this is an amazingly cool book. There's a cunning little cumulative tale about the building, finding, restoration of the sphinx, which will probably please quite young children. And then there's the explanation of all the people involved, all the specialized jobs, and that's appealing to adult...
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