2011 | Ancient Egyptian Scribes

The Living Wisdom of Ancient Egypt Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Dostoevsky once said that God sets us nothing but riddles. True enough, but some of the answers are contained in this delightful little tome. It wears its scholarship lightly. It begs the question: could it be that Egyptian thought is actually a more impressive legacy than the Pyramids of Giza or Karnak...

Lost Knowledge of the Ancients: A Graham Hancock Reader Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I found this collection of essays and articles to be a concise and straight forward exploration of alternative approaches to a variety of disciplines. Though already familiar with some of the names and theories, it served to bring into sharp focus the quintessential position of each author regarding...

Architecture and Mathematics in Ancient Egypt Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Several reviews of this book, published elsewhere, stressthe contents of Rossi's analysis were more focused toward the skeptical side of Egyptian math and construction methods.Rossi, therefore is being fairly depicted as publishing new information within unproven paradigms.On the math side, Rossi mentions...

Temple Festival Calendars of Ancient Egypt (Liverpool Monographs in Archaeology and Oriental Studies.) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is for the total Egypt enthusiast/ scholar, and gives a detailed translation of the various texts that have come to use age by age regarding the ancient festivals. It is extremely thorough in that regard but my only criticism is that it does not give adequate background on the Egyptian calender...

The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (Writings from the Ancient World) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Allen's translation and take on the Pyramid Texts is both profound and a wonderful read. Rather than just dry translation Allen uses the English language the way it was meant to be used. I would highly recommend this book to any student of Egypt. This is the source material combined with the translations...

History of Ancient Israel Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)J. Maxwell Miller and John H. Hayes' A History of Ancient Israel and Judah provides a solid introduction to the methods and problems of studying the development of the kingdoms that came to be known as Israel and Judah. The book deals with events from the time of Israel's origins (the Late Bronze and...

Biblical Peoples and Ethnicity: An Archaeological Study of Egyptians, Canaanites, Philistines,... (Archaeology and Biblical Studies (Brill Academic Publishers), No. 9.) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Killebrew's book attempts to sift archaeological, historical and biblical data to discover what distincitves can be known about some of the ancient people groups of the Levant, specifically the Egyptians, Canaanites, Israelites, and Philistines.Egyptian presence in Canaan is seen as an imperial link...

Sticks, Stones, & Shadows: Building the Egyptian Pyramids Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Pyramid building, according to the author, should be placed not in the context of only Ancient Egyptian technology, but rather in that of Near Eastern technology. This book is devoted to understanding the methods used by the Ancient Egyptians to build the pyramids. Numerous illustrations and excellent...

Gods of Ancient Egypt Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Barbara Watterson's Gods Of Ancient Egypt explores the main characteristics of ancient Egyptian religions and provides the first book to trace the origins of all the major deities of ancient Egypt. Photos and illustrations provide lavish embellishment for a treatise linking Egyptian history of cultural...

Tales from Ancient Egypt Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Joyce Tyldesley's well-known expertise as an egyptologist shines through in this excellent book. The author of biographies on famous Egyptian personalities like Nefertiti, Hatshepsut and Ramesses has turned her attention to the sort of stories told and enjoyed by the egyptians themselves. In this collection...

Egyptian Mythology A to Z Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I found Pat Remler's Egyptian Mythology A to Z to be one the easiest ways to learn almost everything there is to know about ancient Egyptian mythology, and then some. What I liked best was that the author not only concentrated on the Pantheon of Ancient Egyptian Gods and their mythological histories,...

Ancient Egyptians (Strange Histories) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I think this book is easy to understand for children in the 1st and 2nd grade at least. My son read this book for a book report on Egypt and talked about the things he learned for days later. "Mom did you know this and Mom did you know that..." Definitly a great book for school.Click Here to see more...

The Ancient Mediterranean World: From the Stone Age to A.D. 600 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book covers four broad areas of ancient history: non-Greek eastern Mediterranean civilizations, the Greek world, the Roman world, and late antiquity. It's a very ambitious project, especially since this is a slim volume (some 200 odd pages). I found only the Greek and Roman sections to be sufficiently...

How to Be an Egyptian Princess Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This beautifully illustrated book shows how an Egyptian princess lived during the days of the Pharaohs. The introduction is brilliant and funny; it is written like a job description for someone seeking a position in the Royal household as an Egyptian princess.Family life including polygamy among the...

A History of Ancient Egypt Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is one of the textbooks we used in a class at Columbia University. It is rather older than I'd ideally like an introductory textbook to be, but until I see a better and more accessible book this may have to do. I think Grimal (and Shaw) do a good job of interweaving economics, culture, and political...

African Names : The Ancient Egyptian Keys to Unlocking Your Power and Destiny Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)African Names by Hehi Metu Ra Enkamit is much more than a book of African/Kamitic names, it is a powerful spiritual tool and guide to unlocking your destiny. The book introduces the reader to the significance of your name (your "Ren" in the Kamitic tradition), and the role it plays in empowering you...

The Funerary Art of Ancient Egypt: A Bridge to the Realm of the Hereafter Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)A marvellous book, above all because it explains the Egyptian burial workship in an easy way. Also I think it is not easy to find books about this item.Click Here to see more reviews about: The Funerary Art of Ancient Egypt: A Bridge to the Realm of the HereafterClick here for more information about...