With a fiction feel but a non-fiction focus this book profiles the high interest subject of the Pyramids and examines the daily lives, incidents, inventions and personalities that defined their times in the ancient world. An easy addition to the Books for Boys list in any library.

Explores some of the mysteries surrounding the life and death of King Tutankhamen and other pharaohs of ancient Egypt.

Discusses who built the pyramids, why and how they were built, their cost, and daily life of the builders.

Traces the development of one street from the Stone Age to the present day, from dirt track to the rebuilding of inns as wine bars, showing how people lived and what they did all day.

Describes the origin and history of the Great Pyramid from the days of Khufu's father, Sneferu, to the Great Pyramid's status today as a landmark of world history.

Introduces the civilization of the ancient Egyptians.

The story of our world from stone age settlements to ancient Egypt.