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Look what came from Egypt

Describes many familiar inventions, foods, customs, tools, toys and games, fasions, and more that originated in ancient Egypt.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Harvey, Miles, 1960-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Watts, c1998.
Series:	Look what came from series
Subjects:	Civilization > Egyptian influences > Juvenile nonfiction. Egypt > Civilization > To 332 B.C. > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:	Describes many familiar inventions, foods, customs, tools, toys and games, fasions, and more that originated in ancient Egypt.
Physical Description:	32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 22 x 27 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 29) and index.
ISBN:	0531114988
Author Notes:	Miles Harvey began reporting on Gilbert Bland in 1996 for Outside. He spent over a year on the magazine article and three more years on the book. He has worked for UPI, In These Times, and Outside, where he was the book-review columnist. A graduate of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (B.S. in Journalism, 1984) and the University of Michigan (M.F.A. in English, 1991), he has had a lifelong fascination with maps. (Bowker Author Biography)