Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 125 mm x 190 mm, Gewicht: 255 g
Spirits, Spells, and Sacrific (Pocketbook Edition)
Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 125 mm x 190 mm, Gewicht: 255 g
ISBN: 978-3-565-07094-7
Verlag: epubli
Swallow this gut-twist: ancient Egypt's glory wasn't carved in sun-baked stone but slathered in the offal of live burials and brain-scooping hooks, where pharaohs played god by gutting their own kin to cheat the void. "Scary Ancient Egypt History Facts" doesn't dust off the scarab shells for pretty pics; it shoves your face into the reek, from the Valley of the Kings' booby-trapped crypts that flayed intruders alive to the embalmers' pits where they yanked organs through nostrils like pulling weeds from a corpse garden. This is the underbelly they bury in textbooks—how Set's cultists spiked rivals with scorpion venom and Amun's priests fattened on child offerings, turning the Nile's cradle into a charnel house where eternity meant rotting in style or screaming in the dark.
Jam-packed with the jaw-droppers that'd make Howard Carter puke: the curse of Tut's tomb that dropped lords like flies with mystery molds, the sibling screw-fests of royals breeding monsters to keep the bloodline "pure," and the death squads that boiled tomb-robbers in oil for sport. No fluffy felines or pyramid puzzles here—just the cold swipe of how these "civilized" sand-dwellers wired their afterlife with tripwires of terror, from heart-weighing scales that doomed souls to demon chow to spells that'd summon sandstorms on desecrators. Haters howl "sensationalist," but the papyri and picked bones bark back: Egypt's enigma was etched in fear, not faith, a blueprint for every boogeyman since.
With 2025's mummy movies milking the myth, why choke on the kiddie version when the real rot's ripe for raking? This slab slams the lid off the lies, no lube—just the lancet slice of truths that'd wake the dead. Guzzle if the grave's grit grabs you; gag if golden glows are your jam. The jackals circle; join the feast or flee the fangs.
