January 2012 | Ancient Egyptian Scribes

Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament: Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)First off I want to say that I audited a course by the author of this book, and read through the book throughout the semester. It is part of the core curriculum for an M.A. in New Testament or Old Testament Exegesis at Wheaton. I am a pastor who preaches regularly. This book has impacted my entire understanding...

Hieroglyphs from A to Z: A Rhyming Book With Ancient Egyptian Stencils for Kids Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I liked this book because it can be used with a wide age range of children. The introductory rhyme and ABC rhymes on each page are especially suited to younger children, while the smaller text at the bottom of the page gives more information for older children. For example, the page for 'R' says 'R is...

Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I am torn regarding this book. While it is an exellent study of the individual signs, covering several stages in the evolution of the particular glyph in hieroglyph, hieratic, and demotic characters, it lacks grammer and even word structure aside from a fraction of a page in the introduction. If you...

The Giza Power Plant : Technologies of Ancient Egypt Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Chris Dunn has given us a powerful new vision of the Great Pyramid at Giza, by using his technical expertise to "reverse engineer" the pyramid. What he finds is a magnificent machine that produced power using the earth itself as the source and incorporating the science of vibration and sound. Dunn works...

The Tutankhamun Prophecies: The Sacred Secret of the Maya, Egyptians, and Freemasons Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Where to begin? The book has so many ideas in it that a person could go in any direction trying to comprehend the ideas or doing further research into them. Okay, I'll begin by saying that I really loved this book.Maurice Cotterell has courage, being a scientist that suggests doing science in areas that...

The Serpent Power: The Ancient Egyptian Mystical Wisdom of the Inner Life Force Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Deeper than expected, nearly- if not actually profound.Although the author, our dear Brother and teacher Abhaya Ashby sometimes lack the necessary academic background and sources (leaving the information to be perceived as mere intuition or observations by the author) one cannot help but to see the Afrikan...

You Wouldn't Want to Be an Egyptian Mummy (You Wouldn't Want To) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)When my 5 year old took an interest in mummies we went searching the library for books on mummies. "You Wouldn't Want to be and Egyptian Mummy" instantly became his favorite. This book puts you in the seat of being the mummy and goes through the steps of you going from dead to becoming a mummy and beyond....

Legends of Ancient Egypt Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Eleven tales wonderfully translated, incuding "The Book of Thoth". Probably the best dollar per wisdometer ratio in the biblioverse.Click Here to see more reviews about: Legends of Ancient Egypt11 carefully chosen, highly readable stories - among the earliest literature known to Western man - provide...

Ancient Egypt (Make It Work History) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is an outstanding book for use by educators. The projects and information are detailed and clear, very easy to follow. Our Summer Art Camp for children ages 5-12 will be using the projects from this book for our time machine trip to ancient Egypt of crafts, costumes, ceramics, etc of the period....

Land of Enchanters: Egyptian Short Stories from the Earliest Times to the Present Day Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)"The revised edition of Land of Enchanters, edited by Bernard Lewis and Stanley Burstein, is well defined by its subtitle: "Egyptian Short Stories from the Earliest Time to the Present Day." The preface is informative, as are the brief introductions to the stories, which describe the travails and triumphs...

How Would You Survive as an Ancient Egyptian? Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I had to use this book as a report on Ancient Egypt. It had so much information on everything that I needed. It had information on mummies, life, and gods, and more all in this book. If it wasn't for this book I wouldn't be hear with a good grade.Click Here to see more reviews about: How Would You Survive...

Egyptian Rhythm: The Heavenly Melodies Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)On reflection, what were striking to the book were its clear and concise references elucidating hard and common facts. Standing on its own or as a companion to Moustafa's book Egyptian Harmony, Egyptian Rhythm is well researched and could fit easily into a school or public library for all manner of ages....

Luxor Museum: The Glory of Ancient Thebes Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The Luxor Museum is small but contains many great artifacts of all types. This photographic approach uses some of the finest examples on display to take the reader through the museum in the order of a tourist visit. A plan of the museum is included. The great majority of photos are of free-standing statues...

Curious Kids: Ancient Egypt (Curious Kids Guides) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)My daughter really wanted to dive into the whole egyptian thing. After going to the library and borrowing not so kid friendly books this was refreshing. Easy to read and fun facts.Click Here to see more reviews about: Curious Kids: Ancient Egypt (Curious Kids Guides)Each of these guides is full of lively...

Ancient Egyptian Literature: Volume III: The Late Period Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This volume continues all of the virtues present in the first two anthologies by Lichtheim. Each work is given a skillful, readable translation, a helpful introduction and equally helpful endnotes (endnotes are presented immediately after each piece). Lichtheim is happy to guide readers toward other...

Colour & Painting in Ancient Egypt Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is a very good and scholarly source for those who are in the field, and, in my opinion, an interesting read in general (although some of the articles are definately much more aimed at a professional audience).Click Here to see more reviews about: Colour & Painting in Ancient EgyptThis volume...

The Egyptian Heaven and Hell (Corporealities) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is actually three books in one which deal with the Amduat and the contents of other underworld books. The book contains the hieroglyphic text, as well as, a translation of the Amduat. Although Budges translation and conclusions are highly questionable the book is still of some use. If there was...