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The Little Book of Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Authors: Lesley and Roy Adkins Discover the secrets of the hieroglyphs with this first genuinely accessible guide to one of the world’s oldest writing systems. Here is everything you need to know to: This irresistible little book also includes the story of how hieroglyphs were originally deciphered as well as an essential time chart of […]

The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt

Editor: Ian Shaw The only single-volume history to cover 700,000 years of life and death in ancient Egypt. Written by a team of pioneering archaeologists and acknowledged experts working at the cutting edge of Egyptology. Illustrated with over 150 beautiful illustrations that bring this fascinating age to life. Views: 15

The Egyptians

Author: Cyril Aldrin Ancient Egypt may have been, in the words of a famous epigram, ‘the gift of the Nile’, but the character of Egyptian civilization owed much to her god incarnate, the pharaoh. It is these twin themes – the overwhelming importance of the annual inundation of the Nile and the rise and fall […]

The World of the Pharaohs

Author: Henri Stierlin “The World of the Pharaohs”, gives a broad outline of the three thousand year long evolution of the Pharaonic kingdom. From the dawn of history and the first king who united Upper and Lower Egypt, about 3000 BC, to the closing of the temple of Philae in AD 550, Egyptian civilization displays […]

Egypt: People, Gods, Pharaohs

Authors: Rainer Hagen and Rose-Marie Hagen How much do we really know about Ancient Egypt? The pharaohs and pyramids are familiar history fodder, but what about the farmers, the soldiers, the laborers, and the families that made up the vast majority of this much mythologized civilization? With a thrilling spread of visual references, this TASCHEN […]

Egyptian Mummies

Bob Brier uncovers the complete historical context of ancient Egyptian culture and offers a fascinating contemporary interpretation of it