Try free for 30 days

Preview

1 credit a month to buy any audiobook in our entire collection.
Access to thousands of additional audiobooks and Originals from the Plus Catalogue.
Member-only deals & discounts.
Auto-renews at $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

The Animals of Ancient Egypt

By: Sebastián Francisco Maydana
Narrated by: Ian Cullen
Try Premium Plus free

$16.45 per month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $9.99

Buy Now for $9.99

Pay using voucher balance (if applicable) then card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions Of Use and Privacy Notice and authorise Audible to charge your designated credit card or another available credit card on file.

Publisher's Summary

This book educates children about the crucial relationships between people and animals in the history of ancient Egypt. Told from the perspective of two children (Akila and Bastian), children learn the value of animals in Egyptian daily lives.

People in Ancient Egypt loved animals. They worked with them, played with them, learned from them, and spent much of their time around them. Even some of their gods were animals! It was not unusual for an Egyptian to return home from school and find a baboon sleeping in her bed, a goat calmly munching on her homework papyri, and the cat chasing mice and geckos around. One could say, and it would be perfectly true, that they had a special relationship with their animals. But it wouldn't be less true to say that they were terrified of some of them: the lurking crocodiles that scared the people who washed their clothes in the banks of the river Nile; and the territorial hippos, who could charge at unsuspected trespassers at 40km/h. Let’s take a look at the fascinating world of animals and men in the past.

In this book, we will join Akila and Bastian, a girl and her cat, on their journey across Ancient Egypt. They live in Nekhen, a village in Middle Egypt near the river Nile, around the year 300 BC. That is, under the Greek rule. But apart from that, they are very much like you and me. They enjoy taking walks, learning interesting stuff, and sharing adventures.

©2021 Sebastian Francisco Maydana (P)2021 Historical Audiobooks

What listeners say about The Animals of Ancient Egypt

Average Customer Ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.