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Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

S6E4 - Living in D'Nile: The Revenge of Isis and Horus

Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

National Geographic

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.716.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Oh Muses! In this episode we tell the tale of the Revenge of Isis and Horus. We come across medical malpractice, indecisive gods, eye removal, strained uncle-nephew relationships, the line of succession, and a letter writing campaign. —---- National Geographic Kids Greeking Out is a kid-friendly retelling of some of the best stories from Greek mythology. Check Out bit.ly/ZeusOut to meet Zeus the Hamster and his friends—Athena the cat, Ares the pug, Demeter the grasshopper, and many more—who also listen to the Greeking Out podcast. Watch a video, read an excerpt, or check out the truth behind the stories!

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0:00.0

The stories featured in Greaking Out are usually original adaptations of classic Greek myths.

0:05.2

This week's story features medical malpractice.

0:07.7

In decisive gods, I removal, strained uncle nephew relationships,

0:12.6

the line of secession, and a letter writing campaign.

0:32.6

Living in denial, the revenge of ISIS and Horace.

0:37.6

That's right, we've got a part two on our hands, folks. This week,

0:41.3

I'm your cruise director. That is your Nile cruise director.

0:44.8

And I'm here to welcome you back to ancient Egypt.

0:47.9

Yes, that's right. It's sandy, it's hot, it's tense, but we have been here before.

0:54.2

Remember, let me remind you where we left off from season five, episode six.

0:59.2

When we last saw our heroine Asset, she had just created the first mummy.

1:04.5

Asset is what we think the Egyptians called the goddess ISIS, or our best guess.

1:12.3

They called her husband Usir, but we typically say Osiris.

1:17.5

Exactly. Let's do a quick rewind to make sure everybody's on the same page, okay?

1:22.1

Set the god of disorder through a dastardly, but up until the last minute, quite fun party,

1:28.3

that ended with Usir being trapped in a coffin and thrown in the Nile.

1:32.9

And then to top it off, set ripped the already dead ex-king into pieces, yikes, and took the throne

1:39.4

for himself. Hardworking Asset gathered up the bits and pieces of her husband's body and performed

1:44.8

some pretty incredible magic, turning him into the world's first mummy.

1:50.8

So Usir woke up in the underworld with a brand new job, Judger of the newly dead.

1:56.4

Asset had to remain on earth where she discovered she was pregnant.

2:01.2

She gave birth to her baby son alone in the reeds along the edge of a Nile.

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