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Tales of Ancient Egypt (Puffin Classics) | 
 enlarge | Creator: Roger Lancelyn Green
Publisher: Puffin
Category: Book
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 74405
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.4
ISBN: 0140367160
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.20932
EAN: 9780140367164
ASIN: 0140367160
Publication Date: August 1, 1996
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Product Description
A collection of the myths, the folk tales, and the legends of ancient Egypt.
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 10 year old boy September 23, 2005
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
Tales of Ancient Egypt is about inspiring stories that will thrill your heart. The stories are very old and very magical. The book brings you to the world of Ancient Egypt with stories of the Pharoahs and the gods. It covers all of Ancient Egypt's timeline with stories from each time period. It is about wars, and the fall of many cities in battle, and the god's magic. I suggest that if you want to read a very entertaining book than read this one. It was a great book and you will think it was great as well.
Great source on Egypt Mythology October 27, 2005
Nihonkabu (Medfield, MA, USA)
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
This book is a translation into English of many Egyptian myths. It is a great learning tool for kids of any age, and especially great for homeschoolers who are using Story of the World for History.
Excellent Source for Study of Ancient Egypt July 11, 2006
Khyraen (CA, USA)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is a book of short stories translated from Egyptian hieroglyphics. Some of the oldest stories in the world are told in the three different sections: Gods, Magic, and Adventures. The subject matter may be too confusing for grade school children; Egyptian stories either follow a different pattern of plot development than we are used to or else some of it is lost in translation.
One of the fun things to look for while reading this book is similarities in these stories to ones with which we are more familiar. I found similarities to Biblical stories, a unique take on the kidnapping of Helen by Paris, and my daughter found Ali Baba in one of the stories.
This book will also shine some light on the very complicated Egyptian religion as well as what they considered to be a virtue or a vice. For example, they often praise cunning--a virtue praised again and again within these stories. Have you children see what they can summarize about Egyptian priorities from these stories.
Summary: Highly recommended home school book for pre-teens and teens which will add depth to their study of this ancient civilization. A Landmark Books classic.
tales of ancient egypt December 10, 2003
11 out of 18 found this review helpful
This book really inspired me every time I opened it. The charatersalways amayze me and the plot never stop's from brinnging chills up and down my body. This book writen by Roger Lancelyn Green has some thing not many books could do to me, it makes me wan't to read it over and over again. It just openeds my mind every time.
The Tales of Ancient Egypt tells you all about kings, queens , and MAGIC. It all started with the creature of the world named Ra. This book tells you about Ras creations and what happened during his century. Roger Lancelyn Green made this book full with adventure, emotion, back stabing, revenge, and love. I think you should read this book and I asure you would want to read it over and over again.
Great Stories! November 21, 2004
Pompey Scipio 'the lesser' (Hawaii, USA)
7 out of 17 found this review helpful
I love this book. Being a religous person, I've always wanted to know what the Egyptians were like during the time of Moses, and this book gives a great pictorial of them. My least favorite stories concern the Egyptian religion and the tales of their magic, but I enjoyed the seven tales of adventure that Roger Green compiled in this book. This book narrates the very first cinderella story and explores everything from mysterious islands that magically dissapear to the use of military guile in taking a great city.
If you want to try another of Roger Green's books, then try his King Arthur. However, I do not recommend his Robin Hood or Tales of the Greek Heroes, since the latter is hardly entertaining and the former can be seen as insulting to poor people.
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