booktalk: 14 fiction and nonfiction books about ancient egypt

Mrs. Collazo is currently reading…• New series from the

author of Tiger’s Curse• Egyptian mythology—girl

goes to a museum and a mummy wakes up!

• Antagonist is Egyptian god Seth (also called Set)

• Out in September 2015

More about Set/Seth• God of disorder, chaos, storms, trickster• Problems between Osiris, Isis, and Set• Lots of Egyptian artwork depicts this conflict• Also popular story in fiction about Egyptian

mythology

Eye of Horus: symbol of protection, power,

and good healthOsiris, Isis, Horus, Seth

The Red Pyramid• Brother lives with Dad,

sister lives with grandparents

• Dad is an Egyptologist who accidentally unleashes Set on the world

MYTHOLOGY RIO

The Chaos of Stars• 16-year old Isadora is the

human daughter of Isis and Osiris

• Isis keeps having dreams that Isadora’s life is in danger, so she sends her to live with her brother in California

MYTHOLOGY WHI

Egyptian Mythology• Overview of Egyptian

mythology including creation myths, Ra (sun god), Anubis (jackal’s head), Ammut (crocodile’s head), Osiris, Isis, Set, Shu, Tefenet, Geb, Horus…

MYTHOLOGY OLL

King Tutankhamun: Most famous Egyptian Pharoah

• Became pharaoh of Egypt at age 9; died at age 19

• Tomb found in 1922; said to be cursed• How did King Tut die?

About the next photo…

King Tut

You Wouldn’t Want to Be…

932 MOR932 STE

Amazing Mythology• 200 questions and answers

about Greek and Roman, Egyptian, Indian and Hindu, Mesopotamian, Japanese, Chinese, Aborigines (Australia), Norse, Celtic, Native American, and Aztec mythologies

• More detail about the Seth, Isis, Osiris story p. 13-16

MYTHOLOGY JAN

The Awful Egyptians• Facts about ancient

Egyptians including timelines, facts about different rulers

• Cartoons, funny & interesting facts

• Published in 2006, before DNA evidence indicated Tut most likely died of malaria

909 DEA

Cleopatra Rules!• Last pharaoh of Egypt • Became queen at age 17• She was very smart and charming• Ruled for 20 years until her death• Has been in lots of films, plays,

books, stories• Another mention of Isis, Seth, and

Osiris on p. 21 (Cleopatra was frequently compared to the goddess Isis)

• Myths about her death

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Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile• Royal Diaries series• Diary format—12-year

old Cleopatra tells of her life on the run with her father

• Others in Royal Diaries series: Anastasia, Marie-Antoinette, Mary Queen of Scots, Elizabeth I

HISTORICAL ROY

Cleopatra’s Moon• Selene is teenage daughter

of Antony & Cleopatra • What happens after her

parents’ deaths and Egypt has fallen to Rome

• Goes to live in house of cruel Roman emperor Octavius

• Historical fiction with romance

HISTORICAL SHE

How They Croaked• 19 famous people throughout

history and how they died• Light and humorous, not gross

or serious• Stories include: King Tut,

Cleopatra, Henry VIII, Charles Darwin, Pocahontas, Galileo Galilei, Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte…

920 BRA

Bones Never Lie• Interested in forensic science,

anthropology, archaeology?• Science behind history’s most

famous unsolved mysteries• Includes King Tut, Man in the

Iron Mask, Napoleon’s possible poisoning, Anastasia, Thailand’s King Rama

• Lots of photographs and colourful images

614 MAC

How They Choked• 14 famous failures in history• Includes: Marco Polo, Amelia

Earhart, Isaac Newton, Vincent Van Gogh, Ferdinand Magellan…

920 BRA