Download or read book Egyptian Mazes written by Dave Phillips and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1997-06-01 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes thirty-six mazes of varying difficulty on an ancient Egyptian theme with accompanying factual information and solutions.
Download or read book Little Egyptian Mazes written by Winky Adam and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1999-06-28 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty challenging, fun-to-solve mazes invite little explorers to help an archaeologist find King Tut's treasure, guide an Egyptian boatman along the Nile, lead the cat goddess Bastet to her father, and much more.
Download or read book Ancient Egyptians at Play written by Walter Crist and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rich history of Egypt has provided famous examples of board games played in antiquity. Each of these games provides evidence of contact between Egypt and its neighbours. From pre-dynastic rule to Arab and Ottoman invasions, Egypt's past is visible on game boards. This volume starts by introducing the reader to board games as well as instruments of chance and goes on to trace the history and distribution of ancient Egyptian games, looking particularly at how they show contact with other cultures and civilizations. Game practices, which were also part of Egyptian rituals and divination, travelled throughout the eastern Mediterranean. This book explores the role of Egypt in accepting and disseminating games during its long history. Over the last few years, the extent and the modes of contact have become better understood through museum and archival research projects as well as surveys of archaeological sites in Egypt and its surrounding regions. The results allow new insight into ancient Egypt's international relations and the role of board games research in understanding its extent. Written by three authors known internationally for their expertise on this topic, this will be the first volume on Ancient Egyptian games of its kind and a much-needed contribution to the field of both Egyptology and board games studies.
Download or read book Ancient Treasure Mazes written by Dave Phillips and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thrilling adventure and perilous dangers await young explorers at every turn in their pursuit of precious treasure. But they must navigate these 36 mind-boggling mazes through foreign lands — and underwater pathways — to claim their prize.
Download or read book Baffling Mazes written by Lee Daniel Quinn and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1995-07-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superb collection of 48 mind-boggling mazes inspired by legends of the ancient Egyptian Labyrinth. Level of difficulty progresses steadily from first maze to the last. Solutions.
Download or read book Mazes and Labyrinths written by William Henry Matthews and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 1922 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mazes and Labyrinths is a look into the origin and mystery of mazes. From ancient stone carvings, Minoan palaces to today's hedge-maze, Matthews chronicles the history of the maze. With over 140 illustrations.
Download or read book Egyptian Mazes written by Roy Preston and published by Pinwheel Publishing. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Egypt, land of the Pharaohs. As part of an expedition of junior archeologists, your job is to help uncover one of ancient Egypt's most famous relics: a gold statue of a mysterious cat-god that's more than 3,000 years old. But, you have to work fast, because thieves want to get their hands on it first! There's only one route to the treasure--and it's not too safe, so be very careful. Find your way down dangerous descents, steer clear of snakes and scorpions, wind your way through underground passageways, and collect four unique keystones. Good luck!
Download or read book Mind Boggling Mazes written by Dave Phillips and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1979-07 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty mazes with geometric trickery.
Download or read book The Curious History of Mazes written by Julie E. Bounford and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thread your way through this history of mazes from the ancient world to today and solve over one hundred mazes along the way. From prehistoric times, mazes and labyrinths worldwide have served as different symbolic, ritualistic, and practical purposes. Taken as a powerful metaphor for life’s journey, they can be used as tools for meditation and learning at any level, even when completed for recreation. Maze images can be enjoyed as motifs themselves, but also in their material forms—a meditation, puzzle, dance, walk, ritual, pilgrimage, or simply a day out. Drawing upon a wealth of historical and classical literature; accounts written by explorers, archaeologists, and historians; and the output of modern and contemporary world-renowned experts and enthusiasts, social historian Dr. Julie Bounford explores the evolution of mazes through time and across continents, presenting their history in a fun and engaging format while challenging readers to solve over one hundred mazes—many created exclusively for this book by illustrator and artist Trevor Bounford. Learn about: The earliest recorded examples, legends, and mazes in the ancient world Mazes used as sacred rituals and symbols that take us beyond the natural world Turf, stone, hedge, and garden mazes, and sites of communal rustic revels The modern revival, with mazes taken to forms never previously imagined Explore how mazes can improve your mental dexterity and create mindfulness, and use the gazetteer to locate historical, replica, and interesting mazes that exist around the world today.
Download or read book The Idea of the Labyrinth from Classical Antiquity through the Middle Ages written by Penelope Reed Doob and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient and medieval labyrinths embody paradox, according to Penelope Reed Doob. Their structure allows a double perspective—the baffling, fragmented prospect confronting the maze-treader within, and the comprehensive vision available to those without. Mazes simultaneously assert order and chaos, artistry and confusion, articulated clarity and bewildering complexity, perfected pattern and hesitant process. In this handsomely illustrated book, Doob reconstructs from a variety of literary and visual sources the idea of the labyrinth from the classical period through the Middle Ages. Doob first examines several complementary traditions of the maze topos, showing how ancient historical and geographical writings generate metaphors in which the labyrinth signifies admirable complexity, while poetic texts tend to suggest that the labyrinth is a sign of moral duplicity. She then describes two common models of the labyrinth and explores their formal implications: the unicursal model, with no false turnings, found almost universally in the visual arts; and the multicursal model, with blind alleys and dead ends, characteristic of literary texts. This paradigmatic clash between the labyrinths of art and of literature becomes a key to the metaphorical potential of the maze, as Doob's examination of a vast array of materials from the classical period through the Middle Ages suggests. She concludes with linked readings of four "labyrinths of words": Virgil's Aeneid, Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy, Dante's Divine Comedy, and Chaucer's House of Fame, each of which plays with and transforms received ideas of the labyrinth as well as reflecting and responding to aspects of the texts that influenced it. Doob not only provides fresh theoretical and historical perspectives on the labyrinth tradition, but also portrays a complex medieval aesthetic that helps us to approach structurally elaborate early works. Readers in such fields as Classical literature, Medieval Studies, Renaissance Studies, comparative literature, literary theory, art history, and intellectual history will welcome this wide-ranging and illuminating book.
Download or read book Maze Craze written by Albrecht Zipfel and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1994-06 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring a graphic excellence that makes them a pleasure to solve, these challenging mazes will test the patience and ingenuity of puzzle lovers of all levels of expertise. Find the center of a giant dice cube, reach mid-point of interlocking squares, navigate an ocean of raindrops, and more. Complete solutions are included.
Download or read book Mazes and Labyrinths written by William Henry Matthews and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1970-01-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With devoted scholarship and an appreciation for what he terms "the lure of the labyrinth," Matthews explores accounts of ancient mazes, the "meanders" of Greek and Roman times, theories on the meaning of church labyrinths, the hedge maze, and more. All important or exceptional examples are illustrated with 151 line drawings.
Download or read book Mandala Mazes written by Marty Noble and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2010-10-21 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing 36 designs inspired by the mystical mandala, this book offers an unusual and challenging array of mazes. Not too easy but not too hard, they're perfect for puzzlists ages 8 and up.
Download or read book Fascinating Mazes written by Robert Schenk and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1994-01-28 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unusual collection of 36 computer-generated mazes, loosely based on themes from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Instructions and solutions for puzzles which range from simple to difficult.
Download or read book Greek Myths and Mazes written by Jan Bajtlik and published by Candlewick Studio. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the vein of the best-selling Maps, this brilliant oversize maze book invites readers to get lost among the twists and turns of beloved Greek myths. Discover the legendary labyrinths and mythologized mazes of ancient Greece in a beautifully designed book of paths and stories. Each turn of a page lands the reader in a new and exciting Greek classic through which to chart a path, learning along the way. From the twelve labors of Heracles to the labyrinth of the Minotaur, from the trials of Odysseus to the Colossus of Rhodes, illustrations present ancient stories as new and puzzling quests to complete. Packed with intricate details and plenty of information about the history and mythology of ancient Greece, this tome will astound explorers and inquisitive minds of all ages.
Download or read book The Egypt Game written by Zilpha Keatley Snyder and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A children’s fantasy game in an abandoned lot leads to unexpected trouble in this classic, Newburn Honor–winning book. The first time Melanie Ross meets April Hall, she’s not sure they’ll have anything in common. But she soon discovers that they both love anything to do with ancient Egypt. When they stumble upon a deserted storage yard behind the A-Z Antiques and Curio Shop, Melanie and April decide it’s the perfect spot for them to play the Egypt Game. Before long there are six Egyptians instead of two. After school and on weekends they all meet to wear costumes, hold ceremonies, and work on their secret code. Everyone thinks it’s just a game, until strange things begin happening to the players. Has the Egypt Game gone too far?
Download or read book Celtic Mazes written by Dave Phillips and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 36 distinctive labyrinths challenge maze travelers to reach their goals by moving through all designated points and by using paths and intersections only once. Mazes graded according to difficulty.
