The Red Pyramid Themes

For a civilization that had gods with the heads of animals, the ancient Egyptians were way obsessed with order. And not like, what order should we watch these movies in? We're talking about the ver...

Sometimes your family drives you crazy. Other times, they lock you in a box, shatter it into fourteen pieces, and force the rest of your family members to find your body parts so you can be resurre...

What would you give up to make the world a better place? Your favorite pair of jeans? Your iPod? The season finale of Dancing with the Stars? Your life?Many of the characters in The Red Pyramid fac...

Home, sweet home. In The Red Pyramid, whether it's a flat in London or a hotel room in Cairo, Sadie and Carter have had really varied experiences of home. But what is home? A physical location, or...

Don't let all the cool magic powers in The Red Pyramid make you forget that the basis for the very idea of magic and magicians comes from the ancient Egyptian religion. Religion in this sense is ba...

Dude, what is up with ancient Egyptian gods and revenge?In The Red Pyramid, it's like they get stuck in these cycles of "you hit me, so I'll hit you back"—but, like, for centuries at a time. Very...

When we're talking about ancient Egypt, we're talking about the way distant past. It's not as distant as you might think, though, since it's still alive and kicking in the form of magicians, gods,...

Hieroglyphs, man. So awesome.Since the Egyptians are as famous for their writing system as they are for their pyramids, it makes sense that language would figure prominently in The Red Pyramid. And...