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The 5,000-Year-Old Puzzle: Solving a Mystery of Ancient Egypt

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Search for the secrets of a hidden tomb

It is 1924, two years after the discovery of King Tut’s tomb. Readers are invited to enroll in a young boy, Will Hunt, as he and his family develop into a part of an archaeological team led by world-famous Egyptologist Dr. George Reisner. Based on actual records of Reisner’s history-making dig, Giza 7000X, this strikingly original picture book uses journal entries, funny postcards, and quirky cartoons to pull readers into an ancient unsolved mystery. Luminous paintings of the pyramids, informative sidebars and inventive collages, including authentic documents and archival photographs, help provide information and clues. When a secret tomb is uncovered, readers, in conjunction with Will, put together clues to discover: Whose tomb is this? Why was it hidden? And how can a mummy be missing from a sealed tomb?

This illuminating book invites readers to participate in the process of archaeology as it provides a rare glimpse into the true stories that exist at the back of the objects in museums.

The 5,000-Year-Old Puzzle is a 2003 Bank Street – Best Children’s Book of the Year.

When King Tut’s tomb was discovered in Egypt in 1922, the world was abuzz. What would be the next big, newsworthy archaeological find? Might it be Giza 7000X, a secret Egyptian tomb buried deep within the earth? Claudia Logan and Melissa Sweet (with the cooperation of The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston) answer that question and ask a couple of more in The 5,000-Year-Old Puzzle, their really splendid picture book for older readers. Readers follow a fictional family to Egypt in 1924 to an actual expedition led by Dr. George Reisner. Written in diary form from the perspective of young Will Hunt, who joins the expedition, the book is immediate and engaging, communicating the mystery and excitement of an archaeological dig like nothing we’ve seen.

Illustrated with wonderful, color-soaked paintings as well as collages of authentic documents and artifacts from the Giza 7000X site, this richly visual diary is as entertaining as it is educational. Young readers will revel in the “you are there” glimpse of an archaeological dig, learning that excavation can from time to time be as much about fleas and dust as it may be about mummies or, say, a solid gold lion’s leg. Sidebars about pharoah’s curses, cartouches, and heiroglyphs sit alongside enthusiastic postcards from the boy to his friends back home in Boston: “What are we doing? Picking up things hour after hour with TWEEZERS. If someone sneezes or trips–there goes 5,000 years of history down the drain.” As Will lives at the back of the pyramids, he witnesses the discovery of a secret tomb… but whose is it? Can the team solve the mystery before Will and his parents return to The usa? Highly recommended. (Ages 8 and older) –Karin Snelson

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