Egypt
- Book Review: Cracking The Egyptian Code
The Independent, UK (Review by Brian MOrton) Cracking The Egyptian Code: The Revolutionary Life Of Jean-François Champollion, By Andrew Robinson More of a summary of Champollion than a review of of the book. This is the first full biography of...
- Book Review: Tutankhamen: The Search For An Egyptian King
Boingboing (Review by Maggie Koerth-Baker ) Thanks to Angel for posting a link to this from her Collecting Egypt blog. Tutankhamen: The Search for an Egyptian King by Joyce Tyldesley. When Howard Carter opened the tomb of the boy pharaoh Tutankhamen...
- Book Review: Cleopatra, Last Queen Of Egypt
Star Tribune (Allen Barra) Cleopatra VII has always inspired a considerable amount of interest. It is nice to see that Joyce Tyldesley's book has been so well received by so many reviewers. Here's another positive review. Cleopatra has generated...
- Book Review: Cleopatra, Last Queen Of Egypt
JS Online (Allen Barra) Cleopatra, Last Queen of Egypt. By Joyce Tyldesley. Basic Books. Cleopatra has generated more fame - in the form of poems, paintings, books, plays and films - per known fact than any woman in history. Advertisement As Joyce Tyldesley...
- Five Books That Will Make Great Gifts
If you have an Egyptophile on your gift list and you do not know what to get them here are 5 books well worth reading. 1. The Secret of the Great Pyramid by Bob Brier and Jean-Pierre Houdin Though more than 4500 years old the authors convincingly read...
Egypt
Three Book Reviews on the FT
Financial Times (John Ray)
Cracking the Egyptian Code: The Revolutionary Life of Jean-François Champollion, by Andrew Robinson, Thames & Hudson, RRP£19.95, 272 pages
A History of Ancient Egypt: From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid, by John Romer, Allen Lane, RRP£25, 512 pages
Tutankhamen’s Curse: The Developing History of an Egyptian King, by Joyce Tyldesley, Profile, RRP£18.99, 336 pages
As the world-weary preacher in Ecclesiastes tells us, “Of making many books there is no end”, and there are times when this rings true. Books on ancient Egypt are no exception to this rule, and a new title seems to appear every month. But there are some titles that give the lie to the old cynic of the Bible. In each of these three new books Egyptology is in good hands, and so is the reader. The subject has great popular appeal, and because of this professionals in other branches of archaeology sometimes distrust it. Here are three reasons for them to feel that this is something worth studying.
- Book Review: Cracking The Egyptian Code
The Independent, UK (Review by Brian MOrton) Cracking The Egyptian Code: The Revolutionary Life Of Jean-François Champollion, By Andrew Robinson More of a summary of Champollion than a review of of the book. This is the first full biography of...
- Book Review: Tutankhamen: The Search For An Egyptian King
Boingboing (Review by Maggie Koerth-Baker ) Thanks to Angel for posting a link to this from her Collecting Egypt blog. Tutankhamen: The Search for an Egyptian King by Joyce Tyldesley. When Howard Carter opened the tomb of the boy pharaoh Tutankhamen...
- Book Review: Cleopatra, Last Queen Of Egypt
Star Tribune (Allen Barra) Cleopatra VII has always inspired a considerable amount of interest. It is nice to see that Joyce Tyldesley's book has been so well received by so many reviewers. Here's another positive review. Cleopatra has generated...
- Book Review: Cleopatra, Last Queen Of Egypt
JS Online (Allen Barra) Cleopatra, Last Queen of Egypt. By Joyce Tyldesley. Basic Books. Cleopatra has generated more fame - in the form of poems, paintings, books, plays and films - per known fact than any woman in history. Advertisement As Joyce Tyldesley...
- Five Books That Will Make Great Gifts
If you have an Egyptophile on your gift list and you do not know what to get them here are 5 books well worth reading. 1. The Secret of the Great Pyramid by Bob Brier and Jean-Pierre Houdin Though more than 4500 years old the authors convincingly read...