Curse of the Pharaohs: My Adventures with Mummies

I originally borrowed this book from the local library to read to my 9 year old daughter but it proved to be so interesting I bought a copy to reread to her from time to time. This is a great introduction to modern Egyptology by Egypt's renowned archaeologist. I would recommend getting this book for anyone you know who is seriously interested in studying ancient Egypt.

This is an excellent book on Egyptology. It has a more personal narration then most books on Egypt--partly due to the authors use of first person narrative and partly due to his passion and enthusiasm on the subject. The effect is the reader takes more then just a factual view of data surrounding stories of Curses in Egypt but rather a personalized look at Archaeology. This is an excellent book for any school aged child weather he is interested or not in Archeology. This book starts out with and introduction about Zahi Hawass and some of the sites he has worked on including the tombs of the pyramid builders. He then goes into talking about Tutankhamun and how the rumors of a curse began. He then describes some of the information known about ancient grave robbers as well as his own experiences with the curse. The Appendix in this book is amazing. It has 5 parts: *Tips for becoming and Archaeologist - This is a good guide for children who dream of following in Dr. Hawass's footsteps. *Tracing Egypt's glorious past--One of the best brief Chronologys of the periods and kingdoms of Ancent Egypt. *How mummies were made--this was one of the few spots that was a bit dry. *Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt--While this section is not compleate (there were I think thousands of different Gods and Goddesses) it does provide a brief description on 17 of the major ones. *Glossary--Basic glossary of terms used in the book.

Excellent book. Informative for adults and children. Our 8 and 10 year old sons read this book in preparation for viewing the King Tut exhibit. It was a great introduction to Egypt, the pharaohs, and archaeology. The author was a speaker on the audiotape and featured in the end of the exhibit. Highly recommended.

Well written and easy to read. Would be a good book to get children interested in the pharoahs. Wonderful pictures. Ginny J