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(More customer reviews)This brief book gives a thorough overview of Egyptian society from antiquity to the Arab conquest, with the main focus being the pharaonic era.
Morkot is an Egyptologist, and the prose is consequently a bit pedantic, but readable enough except for the chapter on nomes. This chapter occurs near the beginning of the book, and almost caused me to abandon it, but I made it through to discover greener pastures ahead.
Even though it is allegedly geared toward the layman, Morkot fails to define esoteric terms when they first appear (e.g. "theophoric"), only to do so chapters later. He also seems to take it for granted that even a layman would be familiar with certain aspects of ancient Egypt.
I'm left with the sneaking suspicion that if I hadn't just returned from five weeks in Egypt, I would not have finished the book. But, while better books on the subject undoubtedly exist, this one is by no means bad. If one is very interested in ancient Egypt, it might be worthwhile to have a go at it.
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A widely published author on the subject, Robert Morkot presents a clear introduction to the origins, history and culture of Ancient Egyptian civilization.This excellent addition to the popular family of books on ancient peoples offers a broad coverage of Egyptian life. Morkotalso addresses a number of important questions dealing with race and colour, Egypt's relationship with Africa and Egypt's legacy.The Egyptians includes chapters on:dynasties and empiressocietydaily lifereligionart and architecturelanguages and literature. This engaging and accessible book provides students with the ideal introduction to this fascinating civilization.
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