Ancient Egypt

By Nicholas Reeves, C.N. Reeves,

Book cover of Ancient Egypt: The Great Discoveries

Book description

This is the story of Ancient Egypt as it was revealed to the world - a succession of discoveries and treasures. The book provides a trip through the golden ages of archeaology in Egypt, from the discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799 to the Golden Mummies in 1999. The…

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1 author picked Ancient Egypt as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book covers the great Egyptological discoveries made up to the end of the C.20th. Perfectly combining Nick Reeves’ authoritative text with lavish illustrations, it manages to create a real sense of adventure while showing how Egyptology developed as a subject, explaining why we know what we know about ancient Egypt – and what we don’t!

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