Customer Reviews

Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris

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This book is great. I got it for my sons and I am the one who stayed up late reading it. It is full of fun discoveries, and good information to use as a teaching tool for my kids. I'll tell them its the real journal of my aunt (hey, at 4 they still want to believe its true). The design of the book and the illustrations are beautiful, it will be something we read over and over again. Got it along with Dragonology which my sons LOVE. Amazing that this can be had for only 12 or 13$!

I bought this book for myself and i have to say it is absoutely awesome! I stayed up for 2 hourse reading every detail of this exciting "long-lost" diary. The games Senet is very fun and the "papyrus" looks very real! The cover looks like it is made out of gold and is very cool. I enjoyed this book and reccommend it to everyone.

- Sophi :-)

This book is full of fun and facts. Our son was given this book as a gift for his birthday. What a wonderful gift it was! We spend about half an hour at a time on a page. There are lots of "secrets" and pockets and even a game. The book pretends to be a mysterious manuscript dating to 1926 (or is it real?) and provides readers young and old with an imaginative tour of Egypt's mysteries. Its heavy pages have the feel of a well-made pop-up book and its storyline is absorbing. My son seems to scan around the pages and find something new every time we open the book. It's fun for him but, I enjoy it just as much. It reminds me of the fun adventure of Indiana Jones.

I am 11 and loved this book. It is full of mystery and fun. Before I got glasses reading hurt my eyes, but this one was so good I read it anyway. I liked this book because it is not written like normal books; it was informative, and easy to read. It has paragraphs scattered around the page like a journal.

If you liked this book you should probably read the whole series:
-dragonology
-wizardology.

This is just another great book in a great series of books. If you haven't collected them yet, I recommend it. Dragonology, Egyptology and Wizardology along with now Dragonology Handbook, Egyptology Handbook and HOPEFULLY to come Wizardology Handbook. They are all beautifully done, filled with hiddened surprises and lots of things to do -- an adult treat childstyle.

I love this entire series of books - my first was Dragonology. These are very much in the spirit of Nick Bantock's Griffin & Sabine series, though these deal with some real life and fantasical subjects.

This is not hard-core info but pure delight with a little education thrown in. You'll probably want the whole series (as it comes out) and if you have young people around they will delight in the series too!

I absolutly loved this book! I recieved for my birthday a year ago and I still look at it! It is not just a reading book, its a hands on book with fasinating information. Great gift for kids, my younger sister collects the series and loves them.

Lovely book. After studying mythology and Egyptian culture in her sixth grade class, my 12 year old daughter was simply enchanted to see those places, people and things from a "personal perspective". It makes rather dry textbook history come to life. Highly recommend the book to anyone with an interest in Egyptian life.

This is a great book. My son got it for Christmas and loves it. We originally saw it in a Borders book store(price was alot more than at Amazon)and my son looked at it for almost an hour while we shopped. He just loved all the postcards and drawings and heiroglyphs that are on just about every page. The book is written as a journal from an amatuer Egyptologist who goes on a journey looking for what they believe is the tomb of Osiris. The whole expedition disappears and years later her niece has the journal published. You'll love all the little letters, cards and drawings that are inside and makes the book come to life. The ology series is fantastic. My son also has the Dragonolgy book which he loves as well. He really enjoys these books and is already asking for Piratology and Wizardology. I think this is a great book for kids since they really get into reading the book.

This book was great. It involved real history in an interactive way. It will spark an interest in ancient Egypt or satisfy an already interested person. This book will keep your attention throughout.