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Author:

Owen, Ruth, 1967-

Title:

Ghost ship : the pharaoh's buried vessel / by Ruth Owen.

Publisher:

Bearport Pub.,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Royal Ship of Cheops--Juvenile literature.
Wooden boats--Egypt--Juvenile literature.
Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C.--Juvenile literature.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Jīzah--Jīzah--Juvenile literature.
Royal Ship of Cheops.
Wooden boats--Egypt.
Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Egypt.
Royal Ship of Cheops.
Wooden boats.
Ships--Egypt.
Egypt--Civilization.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Jīzah (Egypt)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.

Contents:

Discovery in the desert -- The world's oldest ship -- Who were the ancient Egyptians? -- The Nile; giver of life -- Life on the Nile -- An ancient puzzle -- Stepping back in time -- Sewing up the pieces -- A ship for the afterlife -- Traveling with Ra -- Another discovery -- The ghost ship -- Egypt's ancient secrets.

Summary:

Relates the story of Archaeologist Kamal Al-Mallakh's discovery in 1954 of an ancient wooden ship buried in the Egyptian desert.

Series:

Egypt's ancient secrets

ISBN:

1684020271
9781684020270

LCCN:

2016049176

Locations:

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

HOPC845 -- Hull Public Library (Hull)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)