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Janssen, Rosalind M. & Jac J.: Growing Up in Ancient Egypt
Partridge, Robert: Transport in Ancient Egypt
Sandison, David: The Art of Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Shaw, Ian & Paul Nicholson: British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt
Strouhal, Eugen: Life of the Ancient Egyptians
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Unstead, R. J.: How They Lived in Cities Long Ago
Vercoutter, Jean: The Search for Ancient Egypt
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Text copyright © 2005 by Richard Platt
Illustrations copyright © 2005 by David Parkins
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, taping, and recording, without prior written permission from the publisher.
First U.S. electronic edition 2015
The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Platt, Richard.
Egyptian diary : the journal of Nakht / Richard Platt ; illustrated by David Parkins. — 1st U.S. ed.
Parkins, David, ill.
Summary: In ancient Egypt, Nakht records his experiences as his family moves from small town Esna to the big, exciting city of Memphis, where he studies to be a scribe like his father and helps discover who has been robbing graves. Includes nonfiction information about Egyptian culture.
ISBN 978-0-7636-2756-0 (hardcover)
[1. Scribes — Egypt — Fiction. 2. Grave robbing — Fiction. 3. Diaries — Fiction. 4. Memphis (Extinct city)— History — Fiction. 5. Egypt — Civilization–To 332 B.C.— Fiction.]
I. Title.
PZ7.P71295Eg 2005
[Fic] — dc22 2005046911
ISBN 978-0-7636-7054-2 (paperback)
ISBN 978-0-7636-7849-4 (electronic)
The illustrations were done in watercolor and ink.
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