NEW 2009 Templar hardcover (pictorial boards, no DJ issued), first edition, first printing. Beautiful color illustrations by Malcolm Godwin. Text by Robert Coupe. Paper engineering by Andy Mansfield. The front cover is beautiful - raised designs & title in silver, gold & red foils. CONTENT: This book reveals ancient Egypt in a new light, with a wealth of exciting pop-ups, booklets, and lift-up flaps. Look inside the pyramids to see how they were constructed, explore the holy temple at Karnak and take a journey to the afterlife. The book if loaded with little fold-out history booklets. The first pop-up is a 2-sided boat of the New Kingdom; the second is of the Pharaoh and Queen; Great Pyramid; and a temple. There are flaps to lift, wheels to turn, and flaps to lift. Excellent. My favorite of all of it: the layout of how Carter dug down the layers to reach the tomb of King Tut.
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