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Mrs. Collazo is currently reading…• New series from the
author of Tiger’s Curse• Egyptian mythology—girl
goes to a museum and a mummy wakes up!
• Antagonist is Egyptian god Seth (also called Set)
• Out in September 2015
More about Set/Seth• God of disorder, chaos, storms, trickster• Problems between Osiris, Isis, and Set• Lots of Egyptian artwork depicts this conflict• Also popular story in fiction about Egyptian
mythology
Eye of Horus: symbol of protection, power,
and good healthOsiris, Isis, Horus, Seth
The Red Pyramid• Brother lives with Dad,
sister lives with grandparents
• Dad is an Egyptologist who accidentally unleashes Set on the world
MYTHOLOGY RIO
The Chaos of Stars• 16-year old Isadora is the
human daughter of Isis and Osiris
• Isis keeps having dreams that Isadora’s life is in danger, so she sends her to live with her brother in California
MYTHOLOGY WHI
Egyptian Mythology• Overview of Egyptian
mythology including creation myths, Ra (sun god), Anubis (jackal’s head), Ammut (crocodile’s head), Osiris, Isis, Set, Shu, Tefenet, Geb, Horus…
MYTHOLOGY OLL
King Tutankhamun: Most famous Egyptian Pharoah
• Became pharaoh of Egypt at age 9; died at age 19
• Tomb found in 1922; said to be cursed• How did King Tut die?
About the next photo…
King Tut
You Wouldn’t Want to Be…
932 MOR932 STE
Amazing Mythology• 200 questions and answers
about Greek and Roman, Egyptian, Indian and Hindu, Mesopotamian, Japanese, Chinese, Aborigines (Australia), Norse, Celtic, Native American, and Aztec mythologies
• More detail about the Seth, Isis, Osiris story p. 13-16
MYTHOLOGY JAN
The Awful Egyptians• Facts about ancient
Egyptians including timelines, facts about different rulers
• Cartoons, funny & interesting facts
• Published in 2006, before DNA evidence indicated Tut most likely died of malaria
909 DEA
Cleopatra Rules!• Last pharaoh of Egypt • Became queen at age 17• She was very smart and charming• Ruled for 20 years until her death• Has been in lots of films, plays,
books, stories• Another mention of Isis, Seth, and
Osiris on p. 21 (Cleopatra was frequently compared to the goddess Isis)
• Myths about her death
92 CLE
Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile• Royal Diaries series• Diary format—12-year
old Cleopatra tells of her life on the run with her father
• Others in Royal Diaries series: Anastasia, Marie-Antoinette, Mary Queen of Scots, Elizabeth I
HISTORICAL ROY
Cleopatra’s Moon• Selene is teenage daughter
of Antony & Cleopatra • What happens after her
parents’ deaths and Egypt has fallen to Rome
• Goes to live in house of cruel Roman emperor Octavius
• Historical fiction with romance
HISTORICAL SHE
How They Croaked• 19 famous people throughout
history and how they died• Light and humorous, not gross
or serious• Stories include: King Tut,
Cleopatra, Henry VIII, Charles Darwin, Pocahontas, Galileo Galilei, Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte…
920 BRA
Bones Never Lie• Interested in forensic science,
anthropology, archaeology?• Science behind history’s most
famous unsolved mysteries• Includes King Tut, Man in the
Iron Mask, Napoleon’s possible poisoning, Anastasia, Thailand’s King Rama
• Lots of photographs and colourful images
614 MAC
How They Choked• 14 famous failures in history• Includes: Marco Polo, Amelia
Earhart, Isaac Newton, Vincent Van Gogh, Ferdinand Magellan…
920 BRA