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2009

Format:	Book
Author:	Butcher, Kristin, 1951-
Title:	Pharaohs and foot soldiers : one hundred ancient Egyptian jobs you might have desired or dreaded / by Kristin Butcher ; art by Martha Newbigging.
Publisher, Date:	Toronto : Annick Press, c2009.
Description:	96 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 28 cm.
Summary:	Describes 100 jobs that someone living in ancient Egypt might have had.
Target Audience Note:	For ages 9-12.
Subjects:	Occupations -- Egypt -- Juvenile literature. Job descriptions -- Egypt -- Juvenile literature. Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.C. -- Juvenile literature.
Other Author:	Newbigging, Martha.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 94) and index.
Contents:	A time of change, or not -- Timeline -- Red land/black land -- Society -- Gods and government -- Belief in the afterlife -- Show me the money ... I mean the bread -- Choosing an ancient Egyptian career -- Army jobs -- Monumental jobs -- Nile jobs -- Black land jobs -- Red land jobs -- Noble jobs -- Assisting pharaoh jobs -- Government jobs -- Temple jobs -- Artisan jobs -- Daily bread, and beer, jobs -- Personal appearance jobs -- At-your-service jobs -- Entertainment jobs -- Tomb jobs.
ISBN:	9781554511709 1554511704 9781554511716 1554511712
Other Number:	272544518
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Call Number:	j 331.700932 Butcher

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