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Books in Egyptian Tales series

  • The Plot on the Pyramid

    Terry Deary

    Paperback (A&C Black, Sept. 7, 2004)
    The Great Pyramid is a lively place to work. The only irritation is Antef, the fussy, bullisome supervisor who makes everyone feel more like slaves than free workers - so much so that they end up going on strike to protest against him! When Antef disappears, the workers are blamed.
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  • The Magic and the Mummy

    Terry Deary

    Paperback (A&C Black, Sept. 7, 2004)
    This is a tale of Neria, who works in the House of Death, helping her father to make the mummies. Neria enjoys her work, but when the pharaoh dies, it all goes into overdrive mode. Everyone is so busy that Neria is given the responsibility of mummifying the pharaoh's cat, to accompany him to the Afterlife.
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  • Egyptian Tales: The Gold in the Grave

    Helen Flook (illustrator) Terry Deary

    Paperback (Bloomsbury, Sept. 7, 2017)
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  • The Phantom and the Fisherman

    Terry Deary, Helen Flook

    Paperback (Gardners Books, Aug. 31, 2004)
    Menes is training as a scribe in the local temple, and to earn extra money tO help his poor family, he agrees to assist rich old Maiarch. Menes must write a prayer to rid Maiarch of an old family ghost. But what if the ghost is actually more human than supernatural? It takes all of Menes's skill and ingenuity to find out the truth.
  • The Gold in the Grave

    Terry Deary

    Paperback (A&C Black, Sept. 7, 2004)
    Tutankhamen has been buried in his rocky tomb. But there is a plot to rob the grave of its vast wealth as soon as possible after the funeral. A motley gang of villains have all the skills they need to undertake the crime - the key member of the team is young Paneb, who is small enough to slip through the tunnel and into the funeral chamber.
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  • Magic in Ancient Egypt

    Geraldine Pinch

    Paperback (British Museum Press (Distribution), Dec. 1, 1994)
    Reclaims Egyptian mysticism from the loony fringe. A serious exploration of how different sorts of `magic' were used in very practical ways by a society known throughout the ancient world as the `mother of magicians'. A final chapter examines its persistent fascination.