Record Details     « New Search       Brief Record Full Record MARC Record     Bibliographic Data Control Number UPD-00000146591 Date and Time of Latest Transaction 20090716214920.0 General Information 080209s2004 enkbj 00 eng International Standard Book Number 1840118520 Cataloging Source DCAL Language Code eng Local Call Number DT 60 S26 2004 Main Entry - Personal Name Sands, Emily Title Statement Egyptology : search for the tomb of Osiris : being the journal of Miss Emily Sands, November 1926 / [illustration by Ian Andrew, Nick Harris & Helen Ward] Physical Description 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map Summary, Etc. Purports to be the journal of Emily Sands during her travels in Egypt in 1926 to find the lost tomb of Osiris. Based on real Egyptology, each chapter covers a different place in Egypt. Who can resist the allure of ancient Egypt-and the thrill of uncovering mysteries that have lain hidden for thousands of yearsn Not the feisty Miss Emily Sands, who in 1926, four years after the discovery of King Tut's tomb, led an expedition up the Nile in search of the tomb of the god Osiris. Alas, Miss Sands and crew soon vanished into the desert, never to be seen again. But luckily, her keen observations live on in the form of a lovingly kept journal, full of drawings, photographs, booklets, foldout maps, postcards, and many other intriguing samples. Here are just a few of Egyptology's special features: an extravagantly gilded cover, featuring a raised Horus hawk pendant with three encrusted gems, a playable game of Senet-ancient Egyptian checkers-including board, pieces, original-style dice, and rules, a souvenir booklet showing how to read simple hieroglyphs, a scrap of textured "mummy cloth", a facsimile of the gilded mummy mask of King Tut, a gilded eye-of-Horus amulet with a "jewel" at the end. Rich with information about life in ancient Egypt and peppered with Miss Sands's lively narration, Egyptology concludes with a letter from the former Keeper of Antiquities at the British Museum, explaining which parts of this unique tale may be accepted as fact, which are guided by legend, and which reflect the author's delightful sense of fancy Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Toy and movable books -- Specimens Subject Added Entry - Geographic Name Egypt -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature   Egypt -- Description and travel -- Juvenile literature Added Entry - Personal Name Andrew, Ian P., 1962-   Harris, Nick, 1958-   Ward, Helen, 1962- Collection Category FO Format Textual Location UP DCAL DT 60 S26 2004 00116873 Room Use Only [In Reserve Section] CAL-5957 Textual Physical Form Designator Book           Physical Location University of the Philippines Diliman: College of Arts and Letters DT 60 / S26 2004           Digital Copy Not Available          Add to Book Cart  |   Download MARC