July 2012 | Ancient Egyptian Scribes

The Keys of Egypt: The Obsession to Decipher Egyptian Hieroglyphs Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If you are like me, you learned at some point that Napoleon's forces had located the Rosetta Stone while invading Egypt, leading to the rediscovery of how to read ancient Egyptian. The writing on the stone contained the same material in Greek, Demotic, and hieroglyphs. From comparing the three texts,...

History of Interior Design and Furniture: From Ancient Egypt to Nineteenth-Century Europe Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The text of this volume is decent and well organized but in the area that most designers are interested in, visual examples, it is sorely lacking. A very minimal section of color photographs (which jump from Roman to the Renaissance. No sign of the Gothic)and a series of low contrast black and white...

Writing Late Egyptian Hieratic: A Beginner's Primer (Periodic Publications on Ancient Civilizations 3) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)While the lessons are very good, clear and thoughtful, the images of the hieratic signs and the hieroglyphic bookhand are maybe the worst I've ever seen. Both were apparently done by hand and scanned in. Usually, I like that, but the resolution used was so low, it is sometimes hard to identify the actual...

Tomb of Siphtah: With the Tomb of Queen Tiyi (Duckworth Egyptology) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is a reprint of two reports by Davis, who early in the 20th century excavated several tombs in the Valley of the Kings. In particular, one of the tombs is the infamous KV55 which has been a source of much speculation about the mummy, sarcophagus, and other items found there. This tomb was first...

The Orion Mystery: Unlocking the Secrets of the Pyramids Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The nature of the pyramids is still a mystery, no matter how much the official Egyptology believes in its tomb theory and in the dates when the Fourth Dynasty built those enormous constructions. You just have to visit Giza to realize there is something very strange, very impressive and so much beyond...

Egyptian Hieroglyphics and Their Meanings, 2nd Edition Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This tiny book is a waste of money. It is sloppily done, and inaccurate. Even its "alphabet in alphabetical order" is not in any alphabetical order that I have ever seen, and is missing a few letters of the Egyptian alphabet.Click Here to see more reviews about: Egyptian Hieroglyphics and Their Meanings,...

Ancient Micronesia & the Lost City of Nan Madol (Lost Cities of the Pacific) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Here is a writer with an unflagging lust for ancient cities who is more than willing to pick and expand pieces from any source he can find. But he is fun!! I collect pacifica and I lived there but he has found sources I've never heard of. I think he includes some factoids just to add to the references....

From Sumer to Rome: The Military Capabilities of Ancient Armies (Contributions in Military Studies) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a wonderful book for anyone interested in ancient armies. Many such books simply present the weapons and armor, some about army organization, and an overview of tactics; Gabriel and Metz have gone far beyond that.Weapons and armor are covered in detail, with information from experiments the authors...

Treasures of the Ancients Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)There are lots of problems with this book, starting with the credence the author gives to at least three forgeries. The Padilla plates and the Soper/Savage aritfacts from Michigan are demonstrated forgeries, as are the Kinderhook Plates. Jose Davila, the self-taught reader of Reformed Egyptian, has done...

Court Officials of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom (Duckworth Egyptology Series) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The last book published in English by Dr. Grajetzki is an augmented and a more accessible version of his PhD thesis, presented in 1998 at the Humbolt University-Berlin, and subsequently published in German in the year 2000(for this see the late Detlef Franke's review in " The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology"...

Symbolic Blackness and Ethnic Difference in Early Christian Literature: BLACKENED BY THEIR SINS: Early Christian Ethno-Political Rhetorics about Egyptians, Ethiopians, Blacks and Blackness Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Simply put, anyone who may be seeking an alternative critical understanding of early Christian literature apart from the Eurocentric story line is encouraged to read this work by Dr. Byron. Her work is a welcome departure for those who haven't (and perhaps moreso for those who have) been lulled by the...

Beaded Collars: 10 Decorative Neckpieces Built with Ladder Stitch Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I've greatly admired Julia Pretl's fantastic collars and pre-ordered this book. I hope that Julia considers putting out an advanced version - because I'd hoped to learn how she incorporated bead embroidered pieces into her collars and didn't find any reference to that here. Still, I give her book full...

A Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Egypt (Seaby Biographical Dictionarie) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is an essential tool of research for scholars. The aim of this reference work is to incorporate as much up-to-date reference as possible. Outlining the Egyptian history up to the 4th century A.D., the authors present in alphabetical order brief biographies of Egyptian kings, and other important...

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

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Amazing, spiritual and full of incredible secrets. I wish I have read this book before I travelled to Egypt and Mexico. I remember the places, but at that time I could not understand all the details and the story behind it. This book explains in such details the way of thinking and planning of little...

An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary : With an Index of English Words, King List, and Geographical List with Indexes, List of Hieroglyphic Characters, Coptic and Semitic Alphabets (Vol 1) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This two book set has some merits as an extensive base of heiroglyphic information. It is put together in a fairly easy to use format. HOWEVER!Please be wary that this is the second half of the complete book. The first volume, or the first half of the dictionary, is not available for purchase. Before...

Dictionary of Ancient Deities Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Go to the mythology section of any bookstore and peruse the shelves--what is the ratio of Greek/Roman & Norse mythology to any other? As much as I love delving deeper into the more well known myths/religions, a little variety would be wonderful. And it just so happened that one day it was necessary....

Llewellyn's 2011 Magical Almanac: Practical Magic for Everyday Living (Annuals - Magical Almanac) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I purchase the Llewellyn's Almanac every year and this year, as usual, I am very pleased with the variety of content and information contained here! The calendar contains a wealth of information and I appreciate the calendar pages being shaded differently from the other pages as it makes it easier to...