The Awesome Egyptians (Horrible Histories)

by Terry Deary

Other authorsMartin Brown (Illustrator)

Paperback, 1993

Status

Available

Call number

932

Publication

Scholastic Hippo (1993), Edition: 1st, 128 pages

Description

Discover all the foul facts about the Awful Egyptians with history's most horrible headlines. All the Awful Egyptians' most horrible facts ready for readers to uncover, including: Why the Egyptian people worshipped a dung beetle, Which pharaoh married her grandfather, and what the 'Shepherd of the Royal Backside' had to do!

User reviews

LibraryThing member leoworm2

its history with the nasty bits left in!!!!!!!!!!!!

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LibraryThing member martensgirl

I wish these books had been around when I was a child. They are fun, informative and suitably gory that even the least bookish child should enjoy them.

LibraryThing member JalenV

The Awesome Egyptians isn't as funny as later books in the series, but it's still fun. I learned several things I hadn't known (such as what became of one king's mummified heart, which seemed both unsanitary and disrespectful at the very least. The section on pyramid power wasn't at all convincing

because I'd seen that debunked on Mythbusters, but the projects look interesting. The illustrations are amusing, the sections on gods, myths, and the supposed curses quite good. All in all, an easy introduction to keep one's interest.

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LibraryThing member martensgirl

Not good. Some of the facts are repeated, leading me to believe this book was produced in haste.

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