Status
Available
Collection
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!!!!!!!!!!!!
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
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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. Show Less
LibraryThing member martensgirl
Not good. Some of the facts are repeated, leading me to believe this book was produced in haste.
Original publication date
1993
Genres
Publication
New York : Scholastic, c1993
Language
Physical description
127 p.; 20 cm
ISBN
0590031686 / 9780590031684