Explores every faced of Ancient Egypt's geography, society, culture and history to build up a fascinating image of what life was like in the land of the Pharoahs.
Arranged into six parts covering Predynastic and Early Dynsastic Egypt; The Old Kingdom; The First Intermediate Period; The Middle Kingdom; and The Second Intermediate Period; The New Kingdom; The Third Intermediate Period to The Roman Period; and The Rediscovery of Ancient Egypt.
Compiled by an international team of distinguished Egyptologists and historians.
Lavishly illustrated with mroe than 750 full-colour photographs of artifcats, artworks, statues, reliefs, buildings and landscapes.
Includes ten detailed maps that illustarte the geography and history of ancient egypt.