Stories from Ancient Egypt - Softcover

Tyldesley, Joyce A.; Heath, Julian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184217505X ISBN 13: 9781842175057

Publisher: Oxbow Books, 2012

Synopsis

Some of the most interesting and entertaining myths and legends from Ancient Egypt are given a lively re-telling by Joyce Tyldesley. These include stories about the gods, such as ‘The Creation of the World’, ‘Hathor and the Red Beer’, and the myths about Osiris, Isis and Horus. Fairy stories and incredible adventures are represented by ‘The Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor’, ‘The Adventures of Sinuhe’ and ‘The Prince, the Dog, the Snake and the Crocodile’, while good and bad behaviour are to be found in ‘Three Magical Stories’ and ‘The Story of Truth and Falsehood’. King Ramesses II himself tells us about ‘The Battle of Kadesh’.

The book is illustrated with imaginative and amusing line-drawings by Julian Heath, and each of the stories has a question and answer section for budding young Egyptologists.

STORIES FROM ANCIENT EGYPT is aimed at children between the ages of 7-11, but this book is an entertaining and informative introduction to the literature of Ancient Egypt for all ages.

Joyce Tyldesley and Julian Heath both teach in the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at Liverpool University.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Julian Heath is an author and freelance archaeological illustrator based in Liverpool. He has a BA and an MA in Archaeology from Liverpool University, where he has lectured on archaeological illustration and the prehistoric world. His publications include Warfare in Prehistoric Britain (2009), Life in Copper Age Britain (2011), and Before Farming (2013). He illustrated Stories from Ancient Egypt and the updated version of the British Museum’s Dictionary of Ancient Egypt.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxbow Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 184217505X
• ISBN 13: 9781842175057
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112