Lindskold, Jane. The buried pyramid.LINDSKOLD, Jane. The buried pyramid The is the common name for the funerary complex of pharaoh Sekhemkhet, and is a collection of monuments dating from the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt. It is located in the Saqqara necropolis, close to modern Memphis. . Tor. 498p. c2004. 0-765-34159-X. $7.99. SA American Jenny Benet has come to England to live with her uncle, an amateur Egyptologist. Her parents are dead, killed by Indians on the frontier On the Frontier: A Melodrama in Two Acts, by W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood, was the third and last play in the Auden-Isherwood collaboration, first published in 1938. while Jenny was at finishing school fin·ish·ing school n. A private girls' school that stresses training in cultural subjects and social activities. finishing school Noun in Boston. She wangles her way into the expedition her uncle is mounting to return to Egypt to resume his hunt for the tomb of Neferankhotep. The last trip resulted in an attack by masked natives on her uncle, which left him scarred scar 1 n. 1. A mark left on the skin after a surface injury or wound has healed. 2. A lingering sign of damage or injury, either mental or physical: . Think Raiders of the Lost Ark with a whole group of protagonists. Their party includes a nerdy expert on hieroglyphics, an ex-military guy married to an Egyptian who stayed in Egypt after the last trip, and so forth. Toward the end, though, things get really "far out." The group is trapped in a portion of the tomb complex, the floor drops out from under them and they find themselves confronting the Egyptian gods themselves. They ride across the sky with the sun god, Ra. There are secret codes to solve, unique personalities, unknown assailants with heads like jackals, and even some romance, but the ending strained even my fantasy capabilities. For those who can suspend their hold on reality easily and quickly. Sherry Hoy Hoy, island, 13 mi (21 km) long and 6 mi (9.7 km) wide, off N Scotland, second largest of the Orkney Islands. It is located at the southwestern side of the Scapa Flow anchorage. , Media Spec., Tuscarora JHS JHS Junior High School JHS Jefferson High School JHS Jacksonville High School (Jacksonville, Alabama) JHS Journal of Hellenic Studies JHS Jordan High School (Sandy, Utah) , Mifflintown, PA S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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