Egypt category: 1199 books
The Great Pyramid Robbery
Seven Fabulous Wonders, #1
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2013
“A terrific tale of plots, curses and evil forces set in ancient Egypt.” Sunday Express When the workers building Lord Khafre’s pyramid plot to steal the treasure buried inside the neighbouring Great Pyramid, the only thing they are afraid of is the curse that protects the tomb. ...
Egyptologists Guide Book For Kids
Awesome Kids Travel Book
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Does your kid love to see the world but is not old enough to fly in a plane yet? What is it about flying to Egypt that your kid would enjoy? Your kid will love a guidebook to show kids the glowing pyramids of old that are kissing the desert sands in the distant horizon. It is great for a kid to learn...
Fingerprints of the Gods
The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
Could the story of mankind be far older than we have previously believed? Using tools as varied as archaeo-astronomy, geology, and computer analysis of ancient myths, Graham Hancock presents a compelling case to suggest that it is.
“A fancy piece of historical sleuthing . . . intriguing and...
The Nile
A Journey Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
A hypnotic journey in the company of one of the world's most acclaimed Egyptologists over the fabled river telling how the Nile continually brought life to an ancient civilization now dead and how it sustained its successors, now in tumult.
Renowned Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson leads us through...
by Grace Cole
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2018
The sheer age and endurance of the culture of ancient Egypt is staggering. The first pharaoh mounted his throne more than 5,000 years ago - when Europe's hunter-gatherers were just taking up primitive farming - and their dynasties ruled for the next 3,000 years. Egyptian culture reigned supreme: Even...
Red Nile
A Biography of the World's Greatest River
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
From religion, to language, to the stories rooted in our faith and history books, the Nile River has proven to be a constant fixture in mankind's tales. In this dazzling, idiosyncratic journey from ancient times to the Arab Spring, Red Nile navigates a meandering course through the history of the...
The Strong Horse
Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
In this provocative and timely book, Middle East expert Lee Smith overturns long-held Western myths and assumptions about the Arab world, offering advice for America’s future success in the region.
Seeking the motivation behind the September 11 attacks, Smith moved to Cairo, where he discovered...
Making the Arab World
Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
How the conflict between political Islamists and secular-leaning nationalists has shaped the history of the modern Middle East
In 2013, just two years after the popular overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian military ousted the country’s first democratically elected president—Mohamed...
by Jim Pipe
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
You can't take it with you - or can you? Discover the grisly process of mummification, from embalming and stuffing the corpse to preparing a home for eternity. This title explores the quirky side of a journey to the afterlife, looking at the myth and the science surrounding Ancient Egyptian burial practices,...
Cairo in the War
1939-45
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
For troops in the desert, Cairo meant fleshpots or brass hats. For well-connected officers, it meant polo at the Gezira Club and drinks at Shepheard's. For the irregular warriors, Cairo was a city to throw legendary parties before the next mission behind enemy lines. For countless refugees, it was...
The Rise and Fall of Alexandria
Birthplace of the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2007
A short history of nearly everything classical. The foundations of the modern world were laid in Alexandria of Egypt at the turn of the first millennium. In this compulsively readable narrative, Justin Pollard and Howard Reid bring one of history's most fascinating and prolific cities to life, creating...
Blood and Sand
Suez, Hungary, and Eisenhower's Campaign for Peace
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
A lively, revelatory popular history that tells the story of both the Suez Crisis and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956—a tale of conspiracy and revolutions, spies and terrorists, kidnappings and assassination plots, the fall of the British Empire and the rise of American hegemony under the heroic...
The Persian Empire
A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Bringing together a wide variety of material in many different languages that exists from the substantial body of work left by this large empire, The Persian Empire presents annotated translations, together with introductions to the problems of using it in order to gain an understanding of the history...
Nasser
My Husband
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Gamal Abdel Nasser, architect of Egypt's 1952 Revolution, president of the country from 1956 to 1970, hero to millions across the Arab world since the Suez Crisis, was also a family man, a devoted husband and father who kept his private life largely private. In 1973, three years after his early passing...