The Awesome Egyptians (Horrible Histories)

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Most people shaved their heads in ancient Egypt. We know this from pictures and from records written by people in other countries who looked at Egypt’s fashion choices and puzzled over why Egyptians thought going bald was such a good look. See how bodies were mummified during the great Egyptian era in this hilarious Horrible Histories song! I do not like reading very much and my Mum is pleased that I have found some books I like so much that I read them without being asked!”

Men weren’t off the hook, though. They had male contraceptives that weren’t much better. Men had to rub onion juice onto their foreskins to keep themselves from having kids.Egypt is the land of pyramids and pharaohs, tombs filled with glittering treasures, and powerful men who ruled a country like gods. When we think of ancient Egypt, we think of the wealth and glamour of kings. But we usually leave out the dirty—and disgusting—details. 10 Lice Was So Bad That People Just Gave Up On Hair The Horrible Histories exhibition is up and running in museums around Britain until 2003. He has also just set up a television production company and is negotiating to make a series of audio tapes and writing radio scripts for BBC World Service.

Get more episode of Horrible Histories as well as all the extras at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b00sp0l8/horrible-histories There’s some strange stuff afoot in Beastly Boxset - odd things are appearing without warning where there was nothing before. Can you help us hunt them down?Awful Egyptians (Horrible Histories) is an exciting novel written by Terry Deary and is illustrated by Martin C.Brown.The novel takes place in ancient Egypt where Pharaohs existed.The novel talks about how they mummify a dead (rich) person, only rich can afford to get mummified, others were only buried or given to animals to prey in.The Egyptians believed in many gods such as Anubis, who was the God of Death.He controls whether you should go to Heaven or Hell, he puts your heart on a scale and sees.If your heart is light then you're going to Heaven, if not, you're going to Hell.Cleopatra is said to be an Egyptian, but NO!Cleopatra is from Greek and ruled over Egypt for 100 years, she was murdered by Octavian. Terry’s district council have awarded Terry an “oscar” as one of their top citizens and Sunderland University have awarded Terry an Honorary Doctorate in Education (HonDEd) which was awarded in July 2000. Today, though, historians are pretty sure they know why. Lice were everywhere in ancient Egypt. The tombs of Egyptian rulers are infested with lice, apparently flooding out from the remains of the bodies. A tropical fruit is rumoured to be found somewhere high above the streets, perched on a window ledge Sing along with this brand new Horrible Histories song Wake Like an Egyptian, a parody of 80s pop classic, Walk Like an Egyptian by The Bangles!