We Are the Ancient Egyptians: Meet the People Behind the History

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Illustrated by World Book Day 2022 Illustrator Allen Fatimaharan! Step back in time to Ancient Egypt and meet some of the many people who lived, worked, and played during that time. From a necropolis builder to a tomb robber, a brewer to an embalmer, and a slave girl to the Pharaoh himself - each one will share with you the story of their own daily life. Together, they are the Ancient Egyptians. Featuring 19 different characters from Ancient Egyptian times, as well as an introduction to the Ancient Egyptian world, a key to decoding hieroglyphics and a timeline of key events, this book provides a new angle on a classic subject, bringing the ancient world to life.

David Long is a highly acclaimed, internationally published author of non-fiction for both children and adults, whose engaging, imaginative and well-informed books reflect an unquenchable thirst for those events and personalities that illuminate the past. His bookSurvivors (Faber & Faber) won the Blue Peter Book Award 2017.Allen Fatimaharan is the official 2022 World Book Day illustrator. Allen is also a FAB prize finalist whose debut picture book,My Hair (Faber, 2019), was longlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize 2020 and shortlisted for the BookTrust Storytime Prize 2020. He has also illustratedThe Rapping Princess (Faber, 2021) and the middle-grade novelLlama Out Loud! (Egmont, 2020). He lives near Oxford, UK.