When authors give shout outs to other great works, people, and events, it's usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Mythological References
- Osiris (2.66, 15.18, and throughout)
- Set (2.75, 6.15, 7.216, 15.30, 23.150, 37.3, and throughout)
- Thoth (5.61, 23.98, and throughout)
- Nut (7.198, 20.21)
- Geb (7.198, 31.48)
- Ra (7.200, 23.142, and throughout)
- Bast (8.100, 24.154, 30.140, and throughout)
- Serqet (10.58, 12.3)
- Ma'at (14.87, 28.98, and throughout)
- Isis (15.19, 18.45, 23.142, 39.91, and throughout)
- Anubis (15.21, 28.64, 41.34, and throughout)
- Horus (15.27, 18.47, 26.88, and throughout)
- The Three Musketeers (17.89)
- Nephthys (20.77, 25.59, 30.46, and throughout)
- Apophis (24.145, 40.60, and throughout)
- The Book of the Dead (27.14)
- Ammit the Devourer (28.92)
- Sobek (30.100-104)
- Sekhmet (32.157, 33.18-20)
- Hathor (33. 72)
Historical References
- Imhotep, builder of the first pyramid (2.4-6)
- The Rosetta Stone (2.25 and throughout)
- Napoleon (2.28, 14.37)
- Champollion (2.31, 18.193-197)
- King Ptolemy V (2.33)
- Narmer, the king who united Egypt (8.26, 14.14)
- King Tut (13.118-110, 15.103)
- Howard Carter (13.110)
- Khufu, the pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid (14.17-19)
- Hatshepsut, a female pharaoh (14.25, 35.22)
- Ramesses the Great (14.25, 16.143, 25.6)
- Moses (14.28)
- Nectanebo II (14.33)
- Cleopatra (14.36, 15.80, 15.103, 28.24)
- Alexander the Great (17.89)
- Hurricane Katrina (29.3)
- Nefertiti (35.22)
Pop Culture References
- James Bond (1.55)
- L.A. Lakers (5.74, 21.113)
- Doritos (5.75)
- Twix (5.96)
- Skittles (5.96)
- Cheerios (7.13)
- Mickey Mouse (13.69)
- Wolverine (18.192)
- Clive Cussler (18.211)
- Friskies cat food (19.83)
- Jell-O (22.40)
- Santa Claus (23.31)
- Michael Jackson (24.9)
- Elvis Presley (24.11)
- Bruce Wayne (23.147)