Tales of ancient Egypt
By: selected and retold by Roger Lancelyn Green ; illustrations by Heather Copley
Series: Puffin Classics
Publisher: Puffin Books in association with the Bodley Head; Puffin
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Harmondsworth, Eng
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780140304381; 9780140351019
Copyright date: 1967
Subjects: Tales
Description: Selected tales evoke the mystery, superstitions, and myths of Egypt under the pharaohs.
Table of contents: title: Ra and his children.; title: Isis and Osiris.; title: Horus the avenger.; title: Khnemu of the Nile.; title: The great Queen Hatshepsut.; title: The prince and the sphinx.; title: The princess and the demon.; title: The golden lotus.; title: Teta the magician.; title: The book of Thoth.; title: Se-Osiris and the sealed letter.; title: The land of the dead.; title: The tale of the two brothers.; title: The story of the shipwrecked sailor.; title: The adventures of Sinube.; title: The peasant and the workman.; title: The taking of Joppa.; title: The story of the Greek princess.; title: The treasure thief.; title: The girl with the rose-red slippers.