The World’s Story Volume III: Egypt, Africa and Arabia: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The World’s Story Volume III: Egypt, Africa and Arabia, credited to Eva March Tappan, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The World’s Story Volume III: Egypt, Africa and Arabia by Eva March Tappan. Read in English by Sonia; Jim Locke; Nemo; DrPGould; Keith Hunter; J. M. Smallheer; Monika M. C.; thestorygirl; April6090; Dave Lantz; alanmapstone; Roger Melin; Larry Wilson; Sandra Schmit; Tomas Peter; Eva Davis; Foon; Chris Fields; Graham Scott; Scotty Smith; Farnood; Angelique G. Campbell; TJ Burns; Devorah Allen; Robin Cook; Nella; swalkerl; Michele Fry This is the third volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Topics in Part III include Egypt, Northern, Western and Central Africa, South Africa and Arabia. - Summary by Sonia Cast list for The Death of Cleopatra: Dolabella: Tomas Peter Charmian: Monika M.C. Cleopatra: Sandra Schmit Iras: Eva Davis Guardsman: Roger Melin Clown: Nemo First Guard: DrPGould Second Guard: Larry Wilson Caesar: alanmapstone Narrator: Sonia

Recording facts

• Recording title: The World’s Story Volume III: Egypt, Africa and Arabia
• Author credits: Eva March Tappan
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 101
• Listed recording duration: 16:12:44

Catalogue topics

• colonialism
• Islam
• pyramids
• tribes
• wars
• pharaohs

Opening tracks: first 24 of 101

1. 001 - Prayer in a mosque: Old Cairo, Painting, Frontispiece — 3:08
2. 002 - Egypt Part I: How things were done four thousand years ago: Historical note — 2:20
3. 003 - Strange stories of early Egypt, by Herodotus — 7:32
4. 004 - Early Egyptian picture-writing, by Amelia B. Edwards — 5:56
5. 005 - How the Egyptians painted portraits, by Amelia B. Edwards — 5:58
6. 006 - Conquests of Rameses II, an Egyptian wall painting p. 10 — 2:18
7. 007 - The king's palace and his attendants, by G. Maspero — 14:38
8. 008 - How the Egyptians amused themselves, by Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson — 19:19
9. 009 - An Egyptian experiment, by Herodotus — 2:43
10. 010 - Egypt Part II: Stories and poems of Ancient Egypt: Historical note — 2:12
11. 011 - From the oldest book in the world, by Ptah-Hotep, put into meter by Hardwicke D. Rawnsley — 3:56
12. 012 - The lost malachite, from the ancient Egyptian, edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie — 5:09
13. 013 - Procession of the royal bull Apis-Osiris, painting p. 40 — 1:35
14. 014 - The shipwrecked sailor, from the ancient Egyptian, edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie — 9:57
15. 015 - The magic book, from the ancient Egypt, edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie — 15:22
16. 016 - Egypt Part III: Pyramids and palaces: Historical note — 1:41
17. 017 - A trip to the pyramids, by Bayard Taylor — 16:05
18. 018 - How Cheops built his pyramid, by Herodotus — 5:41
19. 019 - Building the pyramids, painting p. 68 — 3:28
20. 020 - Karnak and the Hall of Columns, by Charles Dudley Warner — 13:01
21. 021 - Colonnade of the temple of Rameses III, Thebes, photograph p. 74 — 1:46
22. 022 - How to excavate a buried town, by W. M. Flinders Petrie — 18:34
23. 023 - Portal of Euergetes I, Thebes, photograph p. 84 — 1:59
24. 024 - Egypt Part IV: In the days of Pharaoh: Historical note — 1:06

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