Horrible Histories - The Awful Egyptians
From: Monday, 28th March 2011
To: Thursday, 31 March 2011
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Synopsis
From the fascinating Pharaohs to the power of the pyramids, discover the foul facts of death and decay with the meanest mummies in Egypt. Dare you enter through the Gates of the Afterlife? Beware the Evil Eye of Horus, which is watching you!
Our Review:
Anne Morley-Priestman - 28 March 2011
When I was at school, we had a history teacher who – when her class’ attention wandered from the finer points of 17th century French foreign policy – would come out with the warning that: “My eye is upon you”. Taking my seat for the Horrible Histories production of The Awful Egyptians, the side-on view of a mummy’s face mask with its great moving eye instantly put me back in the class-room.
Of course, this is history as fun, even if we do learn a great many facts in the process. The framing device of John-Paul Cherrington’s adaptation of the Terry Deary. Book has a couple of thieves breaking into the Egyptian gallery of a museum. Also there are the pompous curator and a not-too-interested student. The inept modern equivalent of ancient tomb-robbers go for a statue of Rameses II. Big mistake.
If there’s perhaps too much talk and not quite enough story for the first part – this was the first of the D...
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John-Paul Cherrington (Author)
Terry Deary (Book)
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