Dangerous Days in Ancient Egypt

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297870637
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 173

Book Description
Think that Ancient Egypt is just a load of old obelisks? Don't bet your afterlife on it. Ancient Egypt should be deader than most of our yesterdays. After all it was at its height 5,000 years ago. Yet we still marvel at its mummies and ponder over its pyramids. It's easy to forget these people once lived and laughed, loved and breathed ... though not for very long. These were dangerous days for princes and peasants alike. In Ancient Egypt - a world of wars and woes, poverty and plagues - life was short. Forty was a good age to reach. A pharaoh who was eaten by a hippo ended up as dead as a ditch-digger stung by a scorpion. Unwrap the bandages and you'll find that the Egyptians' bizarre adventures in life were every bit as fascinating as the monuments they left to their deaths.

24 Hours in Ancient Egypt

Author: Donald P. Ryan
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 1782439552
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
Have you ever wondered what it was like to live and work in Egypt, the most powerful kingdom of the ancient world? Spend a day with 24 Egyptians to see Egypt through their eyes - the sights, the smells, the struggles and the conflicts.

Dangerous Days in the Roman Empire

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297870572
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 151

Book Description
DANGEROUS DAYS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE is the first in a new adult series by Terry Deary, the author of the hugely bestselling Horrible Histories, popular among children for their disgusting details, gory information and sharp wit, and among adults for engaging children (and themselves) with history. The Romans have long been held up as one of the first 'civilised' societies, and yet in fact they were capable of immense cruelty. Not only that, but they made the killing of humans into a sport. The spoiled emperors were the perpetrators (and sometimes the victims) of some imaginative murders. DANGEROUS DAYS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE will include some of the violent ways to visit the Elysian Fields (i.e. death) including: animal attack in the Coliseum; being thrown from the Tarpeian Rock - 370 deserters in 214 AD alone (or if the emperor didn't like your poetry); by volcanic eruption from Vesuvius; by kicking (Nero's fatal quarrel with the Empress Poppea); from poison mushrooms (Claudius); by great fires; torturous tarring; flogging to death; boiling lead (the invention of 'kind' Emperor Constantine); or being skinned alive by invading barbarians. DANGEROUS DAYS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE looks at the back-story leading up to the victims' deaths, and in doing so gives the general reader a concise history of a frequently misunderstood era.

THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS WERE THE JEWS

Author: ROGER SABBAH
Publisher: Roger SABBAH
ISBN: 2958025802
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 448

Book Description
The Greek Bible or Septuagint affirms (Exodos I, 11) that "The Children of Israel built the fortified cities of Pitom', Ramses, and 'ON' renamed today Heliopolis": THEY BUILT THE CITY OF TEMPLES AND PYRAMIDS. ANCIENT EGYPTIANS HAVE BEEN INVENTED BY THE GREEKS Forget everything you thought to be true about ancient Egyptians as the famous linguist and expert of ancient religions, Roger Sabbah, reveals the latest scientific issues. This book - the first of a trilogy - denounces the failure of Egyptology which encouraged a false vision of Niles Valley people. Modern science proves hieroglyphs wrote another story, truer and darker. Story of a brilliant civilization invaded by ancient Greeks, martyred and having their whole History rewritten to please a Greek mad-king. Words like Egypt, Egyptian, Pharaoh or Nile are Greek names, not real “Egyptian” names. They do not exist in the hieroglyphs. Greek invaders began the first true religious persecution in History, forbidding the priests to pray their Gods and imposing a new religious order. They invented the ancient Egyptians, the origin of the tear of humanity into religions of the revealed Book. This is the starting point of our civilization as you will discover in this book the hidden origins of modern Jews. But also the origin of modern monotheism as Nile Valley people priests and notables, were forced to hide their knowledge in certain ignored passages of the Bible and in scripted documents like the Kabbalah (Zohar). Roger Sabbah pierced the code and shares with you the untold History of Occidental civilization. Daniel Guersan, professor of political science from the University of Montreal.

Journey Through the Afterlife

Author: John H. Taylor
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674057500
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 328

Book Description
With contributions from leading scholars and detailed catalog entries that interpret the spells and painted scenes, this fascinating and important work affords a greater understanding of ancient Egyptian belief systems and poignantly reveals the hopes and fears about the world beyond death.

The Tears of Re

Author: Gene Kritsky
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199361401
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 159

Book Description
According to Egyptian mythology, when the ancient Egyptian sun god Re cried, his tears turned into honey bees upon touching the ground. For this reason, the honey bee was sacrosanct in ancient Egyptian culture. From the art depicting bees on temple walls to the usage of beeswax as a healing ointment, the honey bee was a pervasive cultural motif in ancient Egypt because of its connection to the sun god Re. Gene Kritsky delivers a concise introduction of the relationship between the honey bee and ancient Egyptian culture, through the lenses of linguistics, archeology, religion, health, and economics. Kritsky delves into ancient Egypt's multifaceted society, and traces the importance of the honey bee in everything from death rituals to trade. In doing so, Kritsky brings new evidence to light of how advanced and fascinating the ancient Egyptians were. This richly illustrated work appeals to a broad range of interests. For archeology lovers, Kritsky delves into the archeological evidence of Egyptian beekeeping and discusses newly discovered tombs, as well as evidence of manmade hives. Linguists will be fascinated by Kritsky's discussion of the first documented written evidence of the honeybee hieroglyph. And anyone interested in ancient Egypt or ancient cultures in general will be intrigued by Kritsky's treatment of the first documented beekeepers. This book provides a unique social commentary of a community so far removed from modern humans chronologically speaking, and yet so fascinating because of the stunning advances their society made. Beekeeping is the latest evidence of how ahead of their times the Egyptians were, and the ensuing narrative is as captivating as every other aspect of ancient Egyptian culture.

24 Hours in Ancient Rome

Author: Philip Matyszak
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 1782438572
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269

Book Description
Walk a day in a Roman's sandals. What was it like to live in one of the ancient world's most powerful and bustling cities - one that was eight times more densely populated than modern day New York?

Mara, Daughter of the Nile

Author: Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0425291731
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370

Book Description
From a three-time Newbery Honoree and Edgar Award-winning author comes this compelling story of adventure, romance, and intrigue, set in ancient Egypt.

Life in Ancient Egypt

Author: Adolf Erman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 624

Book Description

rhadopis of nubia

Author: Najīb Maḥfūẓ
Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN: 9789774248085
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
A journey of intense passion that is totally absorbing and ultimately tragic.