num_pages: 32
description: Million-copy best-selling creator of the Incredible Cross-Sections series now brings his talent to a new ancient Egypt.The year is 1230 B.C., during the reign of Ramses the Great in ancient Egypt. Follow the thirty-day voyage of the eleven-year-old Dedia and his father as they sail down the Nile River.Travel along with father and son as they visit the bustling harbor at Elephantine; the massive stone quarry at Gebel el-Silsila; the temples at Karnak; underground tombs in The Valley of the Kings; a funeral and mummification; the step pyramid at Saqqara; and Ramses' lavish palace at Piramesse. Quite a journey!
language: English
title: Egypt: In Spectacular Cross-section
titlecomplete: Egypt: In Spectacular Cross-section
genres: Egypt, Reference, Picture Books, Nonfiction, Middle Grade, Childrens, Art, History
ratings_count: 100
series: Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections
publisher: Scholastic Nonfiction