The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt

by Helen Strudwick

Book Overview

Six thousand years ago ancient Egypt was the cradle of modern civilisation. Powerful pharaohs built great cities on the fertile banks of the Nile, and employed thousands of labourers to create lavish... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1435146549
• ISBN13: 9781435146549
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Metro Books
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 4.32 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Good information, very erurocentric in design.

Good information in this rather impressive book but its very eurocentric in design.

extremely impressive and absorbing

Believe you me, I have more than my fair share of Egyptology works among my considerable collection of historical, archaeological, and anthropological opera. I must say that Strudwick's work impressed me quite deeply, mostly because of its format. Specifically, the material is so beautifully presented that one can open the book to just about any of the several hundred two-to-four-page spreads and be swept off one's feet into the world of ancient Egypt. Indeed, details are so minute, so absorbing, so human that one is all but corporeally transported to ancient Egypt. From artifacts to panoplies of gods to the (necessarily brief) explanation of the development cycle from hieroglyphics to demotic to Coptic, one could hardly ask for a more excellent presentation of a veritable treasure trove of facts, stories, and artworks from the world of the Pharaohs.