Awful Egyptians (Horrible Histories)

by Martin Brown (Illustrator), Martin Brown (Illustrator), Terry Deary (Author)

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  Paperback
  2006

  $3.39

  Terry Deary returns to one of the most popular of the Horrible Histories topics and reveals more disgusting details about the awesome ancients, their groovy gods, potty pyramids and of course, their mad mummies. Readers can find out how a hunted hippo got his own back on a phoul pharaoh and discover the truth about the cool queen Cleo and the curse of Tutankhaumun. There's also a top ten of phunny pharaohs, a mad mummies quiz and lots of foul facts about the messy mistakes the Egyptians made before becoming mummy-making experts. History has never been so horrible!

• Used

  Paperback
  2008

  $3.24

  Step back to an awfully ancient time when pharaohs were phoul, servants suffered and everyone believed in an awesome afterlife. Discover the dire details of mummy-making, the truth about Tutankhamun and his creepy curse and find out why people worshipped a dung beetle. History with the nasty bits left in! 2013 is HORRIBLE HISTORIES twentieth anniversary.