June 2012 | Ancient Egyptian Scribes

Egyptian Calendar (German Edition) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)When I first opened this book to read I was immediately struck by the great amount of technical detail. As a person who reads highly technical data on a daily basis, and considering myself a serious aficionado of ancient Egypt, I was still encumbered.This book is a VERY scholarly work and intended, I'm...

The Art of Ancient Egypt: A Portfolio : Masterpieces from the Brooklyn Museum (The New Press Portfolio Series) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is neither a book nor a catalogue of the Brooklyn museum collection. This publication consist of 24 color plates of the highlights of the Brooklyn museum collection accompanied by a small booklet with comments on each piece. It is of limited use to the general reader. You can have a much more information...

The Legacy of Ancient Egypt (Facts on File's Legacies of the Ancient World) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is one of the most interesting books on ancient Egypt that I have ever seen. The book begins with an excellent history of Egypt from prehistoric times through its conquest by the Macedonians. Along the way, there are many subsections on subjects from Aten through zoological gardens. Later chapters...

Egyptian Faience and Glass (Shire Egyptology) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Ancient Egyptian faience is a marvel to look at, leading to the question of how they were made such a beauty. This book answers it brilliantly, and also details the history of the vitreous materials from the Predynastic onwards. Items made included amulets and large vessels : Why were they made ? How...

Ancient Code: Are You Ready for the REAL 2012? Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)i'm surprised at the glowing reviews this book has gotten. it is a collection of 20 essays written by many famous authors and authorities of alternative history and spirituality. the problem is many of the articles are very short (3 pages or so) and feel very incompete. as one is reading the essays,...

The Life of Meresamun: A Temple Singer in Ancient Egypt (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)One of the great things I love about living near New York City is that I have an opportunity to go and visit the many museums there. My favourite is The Metropolitan Museum of Art, especially their Egyptian galleries, one of the best in the world to be found outside of Egypt herself. And one of my guilty...

The Temple in Man: Sacred Architecture and the Perfect Man Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Magnificent. This short book is work of genius. It is not surprising that academics ignored it when it was first published in 1949 - and continue to do so. Of course, most thinking people are dubious of Egyptologists - they still can't explain how the pyramids were built - but de Lubicz proves that a...

Ancient Canaan and Israel: New Perspectives (Understanding Ancient Civilizations) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)'Ancient Canaan and Israel' is a really nice chunk of research that lends insight into the lives of Canaanites and others back "in the day." There isn't much in the way of direct historical relics from that time, but the authors do an excellent job piecing together as much as they can. They present the...

Egyptian Shabtis (Shire Egyptology) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is a short but very comprehensive presentation of Egyptian ushabtis, and contains much information not readily found elsewhere. It discusses the nature and uses of the ushabti, their evolution from their initial appearances through to the end of the Ptolemaic Period. Perhaps the most valuable...

Secrets of the Lost Symbol: The Unauthorized Guide to Secret Societies, Hidden Symbols & Mysticism Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This new book of Lost symbols, is extremly informative.. I was truly suprised of how much a wealth of knowlegde was contained in this book... very good read...Click Here to see more reviews about: Secrets of the Lost Symbol: The Unauthorized Guide to Secret Societies, Hidden Symbols & MysticismSecrets...

Cory's Ancient Fragments of the Phoenician, Carthaginian, Babylonian, Egyptian and Other Writers Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Excellent source of information on many ancient civilizations! I highly recomment it to all in search of the history and knowlege of the most ancient civilizations. Not, however, for the average reader. You need some knowledge of the past before studying this book.Click Here to see more reviews about:...

Stairway to Heaven: Chinese Alchemists, Jewish Kabbalists, and the Art of Spiritual Transformation Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)It is easy to look at the mysticism of the ancients and see nothing but unintelligible mumbo-jumbo. But while we are free to reject myth and mysticism as incorrect, we would be foolish to dismiss them as nonsense. There is simply too much articulation, sophistication, and structural rigor to these systems...

The American Discovery of Ancient Egypt Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I thought this book was great! The pictures of the objects are beautiful. Where a picture could not be obtained there is usually a detailed sketch of the object. The descriptions give not only insight into use of the archaological object but also surrounding information like similar objects and archeological...

The Nubian Pharaohs: Black Kings on the Nile Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is an outstanding book worth adding to the collection of anyone interested in ancient Kerma. I highly recommend this book for those who are keeping up with the excavation work that archaeologist Charles Bonnet is doing in Kerma (Sudan). This book is a masterpiece. The photos are excellent and the...

Religion in Roman Egypt Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is a thorough account of pagan Egyptian religion from the Roman occupation of Egypt during the first five centuries AD. It details the struggle of pagnism vs. Christianity in the course of Egyptian religious observance. There is much I have learned about this period of history by reading this...

Kv5: A Preliminary Report on the Excavation of the Tomb of the Sons of Ramesses II in the Valley of the Kings, Revised Edition (Publications of the Theban Mapping Project) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I first learned of KV5 about 10 years ago when the National Geographic article appeared. Shortly after that I came across and read Kent Weeks book "The Lost Tomb". This is a further extension of that work and well worth the wait. While a little technical at times, this is a must have book for anyone...

In the Shadow of the Pyramids: Egypt during the Old Kingdom (Echoes of the Ancient World) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The book is a slim volume depicting in vivid detail the daily lives of the Ancient Egyptians. A crucial component of this presentation is the marvelous 120 colour plates strategically located to provide a balanced effect and overview. Nothing escapes the author's keen grasp : the Terminal Predynastic,...