Author(s): Terry Deary

Children & Young Adult

History with the nasty bits left in!

'The Awful Egyptians' takes you back to the awfully ancient time when pharaohs were phoul, servants suffered and everyone believed in an awesome afterlife. Want to know why people worshipped a dung beetle? Which phunny pharaoh married her grandfather? What the 'Shepherd of the Royal Backside' had to do? Read on for the messy mistakes the Egyptians made before they became mummy-making experts, discover foul facts about gruesome grave robbers and the truth about Tutankhamun and his creepy curse. History has never been so horrible!