Egypt fell to Ptolemy , a boyhood friend of Alexander's , and participant in many of his most memorable adventures . Like many of his descendants , Ptolemy was of a literary bent . He wrote what was said to be the best biography of ...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Published in six volumes between 1894 and 1905, this collection served as a valuable reference work for students and scholars of Egyptology at a time when ongoing archaeological excavations were adding significantly to the understanding of ...
Guides readers through the sometimes labyrinthine corridors of Egypt's past, from the mysterious predynastic kingdoms to the post-modern nation-state of the twenty-first century.
In A History of Egypt, Jason Thompson has written the first one-volume work to encompass all 5,000 years of Egyptian history, highlighting the surprisingly strong connections between the ancient land of the Pharaohs and the modern-day Arab ...