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* [http://www.amazon.com/Book-Ancient-World-Dorothy-Mills/dp/159731353X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311789900&sr=1-1] "The Book of the Ancient World" by Dorothy Mills (1927, 2007 reprint) which has young reader level, descriptive and narrative stories about Ancient Egyptians (see especially the "A Visit to Thebes" chapter which describes a fictional visit to Egypt by a Phoenician trader and his son) | * Books: | ||
** [http://www.amazon.com/Book-Ancient-World-Dorothy-Mills/dp/159731353X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311789900&sr=1-1] "The Book of the Ancient World" by Dorothy Mills (1927, 2007 reprint) which has young reader level, descriptive and narrative stories about Ancient Egyptians (see especially the "A Visit to Thebes" chapter which describes a fictional visit to Egypt by a Phoenician trader and his son) | |||
** [https://archive.org/details/a-history-of-egypt-from-the-earliest-times-to-the-persian-conquest-1905 "A History of Egypt From The Earliest Times To The Persian Conquest" by James Breasted, 1905 (archive.org)] | |||
* Web collections: | |||
** https://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/index.html "Egypt's Golden Empire" (PBS.org on the New Kingdom)] | |||
* tomb inscriptions can be especially revealing; some that are accessible to students include: | * tomb inscriptions can be especially revealing; some that are accessible to students include: | ||
** [http://www.kenseamedia.com/encyclopedia/ppp/instructions_ptah_hotep.htm Ptah-Hotep] entry from AAA Encyclopedia with "the Instruction of Ptah-Hotep" | ** [http://www.kenseamedia.com/encyclopedia/ppp/instructions_ptah_hotep.htm Ptah-Hotep] entry from AAA Encyclopedia with "the Instruction of Ptah-Hotep" | ||
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%27at Papyrus of Ani with the Spell of Maat] (wikipedia) - the "Forty-Two Declarations of Purity" make interesting reading for students to evaluate Egyptian faith and everyday life | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%27at Papyrus of Ani with the Spell of Maat] (wikipedia) - the "Forty-Two Declarations of Purity" make interesting reading for students to evaluate Egyptian faith and everyday life | ||