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Gr 3-6 Weitzman recounts the construction of a boat made for the Pharaoh Cheops and discusses its rediscovery and restoration in the 20th century. He weaves the history, texts, mythology, and customs of ancient Egypt into an effective narrative, drawing readers in through the processes used to build the vessel, which the Egyptians believed would guide Cheops to the afterlife. This step-by-step presentation breathes life into the history, shedding light on the motives and methods e...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

For professional and armchair archaeologists alike, it's all in the details. This handsome casebook on the constructing (and, more than four thousand years later, reconstructing) of the boat the pharaoh Cheops would ride into the afterlife gets the history out of the way quickly in order to focus on the intricacies of the boat's design and creation. Clear schematic drawings of the boat's parts and assemblage are effectively, dramatically poised on pages with plen...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This handsome casebook on constructing (and, more than four thousand years later, <i>re</i>constructing) the boat Pharaoh Cheops would ride into th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This book neatly portrays two fascinating stories of human accomplishment. The first and larger section takes the reader to ancient Egypt to witness the building of Cheops’s boat. The second describes Kamel el Mallakh’s discovery of the boat and his decades-long endeavor to rebuild it. David Weitzman clearly describes ancient boat-building methods, providing context in his drawings and explanations. “Because the channel of the Nile was constantly changing, and much of it not very deep, P...Log In or Sign Up to Read More