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In this informative account, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler tell the story of the powerful pharaohs who commissioned the pyramids at Giza and offer a fascinating look at the culture of the afterlife in ancient Egypt, explaining exactly how mummies were made.

"... deciphers inscriptions from the main civilizations of the ancient era: Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Holy Land, Persia, Greece, Phoenicians and Etruscans, and Romans"--Back cover.

Full-color, illustrated photographs that describe fifty inscribed monuments from across America that pays tribute to events and people throughout the nation's history, including the Lincoln Memorial, World War II, Korean, and Vietnam memorials, the Murrah Federal Building display in Oklahoma City, and September 11 memorials.