February 2012 | Ancient Egyptian Scribes

Ancient Egyptian Masonry: The Building Craft Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is the same book as "Ancient Egyptian Construction & Architecture. I almost made the mistake of buying this one, then discovered it was one in the same. In any case, this is an indispensable book for serious Egyptophyles--it is chock full of pictures and information about the temples and sites...

The Egyptian Hermes: A Historical Approach to the Late Pagan Mind Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Fowden, as a writer, is admittedly no model of lucidity; at the same time, he is writing for academics, and is thus able to compress a huge amount into a small space. If you are not used to academic prose, you will find this book very difficult; it would also help if you know a certain amount about the...

Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection, Vol. 2 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This two volume set conveys both historical/mythical information concerning Eygptian religious practices and Budge's perceptions of how and why they were practiced. Budge is enamored of the Egyptians and it is demonstrated in his work not just an academician Budge attempted to reconcile his western upbringing...

The Secret History of Ancient Egypt Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As an avid student of lost civilization and technology, I truly appreciated this entertaining yet serious book. It effectively discards conventional "knowledge", places in front of the reader a variety of mind-bending mysteries regarding ancient Egypt, and then proposes plausible and exciting answers....

Ancient Mesopotamia: The Sumerians, Babylonians, And Assyrians (People of the Ancient World) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This attractive and informative book is part of the People of the Ancient World series of books by Scholastic, Inc. The book explains the culture of ancient Mesopotamia, describing the inhabitants' government, economy, science, and culture. Along the way, the reader is treated to many pictures and sidebars.Overall,...

Papyrus of Ani - The Egyptian Book of the Dead Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)There are no hieroglyphs, phonetically written Kemetic words anywhere in this text. There is no foreword, editorial commentary, footnotes and citations on translation/ language nuances, etc.It's great if you just want to read the Pert em Hru (Book of the Dead) in English - no muss, no fuss. But from...

History Pockets: Ancient Egypt: Grades 4-6+ Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book was very helpful and a great deal of fun! Although we would have loved to have used it for a homeschoolers teaching tool, we actually used it for a birthday party. My 6yo son had an Egyptian Archealogical Dig for his birthday and we used this book to make games about the Ancient Egyptians and...

The SBL Handbook of Style: For Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early Christian Studies Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This easy-to-use, inexpensive volume is a must-own for all who write in the fields of biblical and ancient near eastern studies. College and seminary students, graduate students, teachers, and researchers will find this book a fine substitute for Turabian and/or the CMOS for all but the most obscure...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ancient Greece Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Wonderfully informative, well laid out. This would be a better and more useful book if there were maps included. There are only a few very small maps interspersed throughout the text.Click Here to see more reviews about: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ancient GreeceGet 32% OFFClick here for more information...

Ancient Science: 40 Time-Traveling, World-Exploring, History-Making Activities for Kids Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I love the projects in this book. As a homeschool mom, I like to teach about the "history" of subjects and not just the usual science basics. I want my kids to know how science was started, and who helped develop some of the modern day advancements in science that we use today. This book is great for...

History News: The Egyptian News Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As a homeschooling mom, I highly value books that inform my child about historical facts, while captivating them with exciting stories. I highly recommend this book as a supplement to any Egyptian studies. Written in "newspaper format", it is a joy to read aloud to my children. Using imaginative headlines...

Studying the Ancient Israelites: A Guide to Sources and Methods Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Matthews enhances the understandability of his work by utilizing visual aids such as shaded boxes, maps, diagrams, graphs, and black-and-white photographs along with the main texts. He also provides a well-balanced summary of earlier and current scholarship on the ancient Israelites, providing the references....

The Ancient Romans (People of the Ancient World) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This series is a must have for a simple reference guide. The chapters are easy to read to my elementary aged children and yet hold enough information to draw in my 5th grader. The pictures are fabulous and have inspired great works of art by the children. I am well on my way to owning all the books in...

Explore Within an Egyptian Mummy Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As you turn the pages you uncover layers of the mummy...the inner coffin, the burial mask, etc. until you get to the mummy and its withered body. There are also the four jars containing the internal organs, and these open up too to show the contents. The book includes descriptions of the process by which...

Warlock: A Novel of Ancient Egypt Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)In 'River God' Wilbur Smith created magic, intrigue and character with Taita - the slave, eunuch, Pharoah's confidant, artist, architect and bombast. Readers could not get enough of him, and salivated at the prospect of his return, finding glimpses of him in 'The Seventh Scroll'.'In Warlock, Taita returns...

Sacred Sexuality in Ancient Egypt: The Erotic Secrets of the Forbidden Papyri Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is an entertaining and informative book about sex, drugs and rock and roll in ancient Egypt. I am happy to recommend it for amatuer Egyptologists.I wish it included a more comprehensive presentation though with more detailed footnotes and much less conjecture (presented as fact).The presentation...

The Birds of Ancient Egypt Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This rather expensive (but worthy) book aims to be an all-covering research on all of the bird-species existing at the times of the Pharaohs. The author have had recourse to every representation and hieroglyphic sign, in order to provide good-grounded identification with present-day nomenclature. But...