A fun-filled scrapbook of Egyptian archaeology for young and middle readers (Grades 5-9). This cleraver oversized book purports to be the lost journal of a 1926 amateur egyptologist. With a cover festooned with a red jewel, the book includes photographs, letters, foldout panels, a game of Egyptian checkers, ticket stubs, and more. It's also an excellent introduction to Egyptian life and culture, art and architecture hieroglyphs and the science of archaeology.  (EGY139, $19.99)