The World of the Pharaohs: A Complete Guide to Ancient Egypt

by Christine El Mahdy, Thomas J. Logan (Foreward)

Author Christine Hobson = Christine El Mahdy.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Egypt, Archaeology, Childrens, Middle East, Art

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

Reviews

[Tim Chamberlain]

This book, as its sub-title states, is a complete guide to Ancient Egypt. It is set out rather like a textbook, with excellent illustrations – drawings, maps, photographs – and short, neatly rounded chapters, with boxed biographies of key people in the history of Egyptology in the margins of the pages directly relevant to their work. There is even a useful ‘Gazetteer’ at the end with tips for the modern day traveller, who hopefully will not have to sink their dahabiyeh in the waters of the Nile for 24 hours to rid it of vermin before setting out on their journey up river as the celebrated artist David Roberts (1796-1864) had to in 1838.

The above extract about this book is taken from my blog.

[Abul Mohsin]

Should be a good book to get to know about the History of Pyramid & Mummys!