The Awesome Egyptians Quotes

“The Egyptians treated her like a pharaoh even though she was from a Greek family and a woman. She worshipped the gods of Egypt.”
― Terry Deary, Awful Egyptians

“But Djoser was king of South Egypt and North Egypt. To keep the people in both parts of the country happy he had to be buried in two different tombs. His body was entombed in the north, and his canopic jars had their own temple 100 metres to the south.”
― Terry Deary, Awful Egyptians

“There is proof that these early kings were taller and had much larger heads than the peasants of Egypt!”
― Terry Deary, Awesome Egyptians

“Pyramidiots Some history books will tell you that the Egyptians were great at maths – even better than your teacher. Here’s why they think the Egyptians were such brainy boffins… People who believe the pyramids have magical secrets are called ‘pyramidologists’. They started investigating the pyramids in the 1850s and modern pyramidologists are still selling millions of books around the world. The Horrible Histories truth is … they are pyramidiots. The pyramids don’t measure 365.242 sacred cubits. The pyramidiots didn’t check their facts – they are as potty as the people who say…”
― Terry Deary, Awful Egyptians