Horrible Histories: Awesome Egyptians (newspaper edition)

Foul pharaohs! Moaning mummies! Suffering slaves! If you like your history horrible, the Awesome Egyptians have it all wrapped up. Read this book to meet lots of freaky pharaohs (and their mummies), and find out which king had the most blackheads. You’ll also get to make revolting recipes for 3000-year-old sweets. Yum! And if it’s all so much fun that you don’t want to go back to your old life, you can even learn how to become an Ancient Egyptian in 10 not-so-easy steps.

A bestselling original Horrible Histories classic

Packed with jokes, cartoons, quizzes and funny facts

Written in Terry Deary’s brilliantly witty style

Over 25 million Horrible Histories books sold

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Authors

Terry Deary

Terry is a former actor, theatre-director and Drama teacher and currently lives in County Durham. He has written over 150 books in the UK, including 44 Horrible Histories titles, and was voted the fifth most popular living children’s author in a 2005 Guardian survey.

Awards

Terry Deary won the 2001 Blue Peter Prize for Rotten Romans.
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Martin Brown

Martin Brown was born in Australia but currently lives in Dorset. In 1993, he illustrated the first of the HORRIBLE HISTORIES, and has now contributed to more than 60 titles in the series.

Awards

Blue Peter, Best Factual Book 2002 for Terrible Tudors