Awful Egyptians


by Terry Deary (Author) Martin Brown (Illustrator)

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   Book 10   
Pages: 144
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Think you would have liked being an Ancient Egyptian? Not after you’ve read this book! Discover the disgusting details of their groovy gods, their potty pyramids and (of course!) their mad mummies. Find out how a hunted hippo got his own back on a foul pharaoh! Discover the truth about cool queen Cleo and the curse of Tutankhaumun! There’s also a Top Ten of funny 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!

Horrible Histories (Original) Series—Summary and Book Order

Series: Horrible Histories (Original)
Reading level: 8+
Books in series: 23
Read in order? No
Next release: Finished
Tags: historical  illustrated  non fiction  comedy & humour  boys  culture 

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Books in series order

1.   Awesome Egyptians  (1993)
2.   Terrible Tudors  (1993)
3.   Blitzed Brits  (1994)
4.   Vicious Vikings  (1994)
5.   Vile Victorians  (1994)
6.   Groovy Greeks  (1996)
7.   Measly Middle Ages  (1996)
8.   Slimy Stuarts  (1996)
9.   Angry Aztecs  (1997)
10.   Awful Egyptians  (1997)
11.   Cut Throat Celts  (1997)
12.   Frightful First World War  (1998)
13.   Gorgeous Georgians  (1998)
14.   Terrifying Tudors  (1998)
15.   Rotten Romans  (1999)
16.   Savage Stone Age  (1999)
17.   Woeful Second World War  (1999)
18.   Incredible Incas  (2000)
19.   Smashing Saxons  (2000)
20.   Stormin' Normans  (2001)
21.   Barmy British Empire  (2002)
22.   Ruthless Romans  (2003)
23.   Villianous Victorians  (2004)