Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs
 

Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs

by Barbara Mertz

An eye-opening, edifying, and endlessly entertaining tour through an astonishing bygone world -- the acclaimed classic history of ancient Egypt, now newly revised and updated
Writing as Elizabeth Peters, world-renowned Egyptologist Barbara Mertz is the author of the phenomenally popular New York Times bestselling mystery series featuring archaeologist Amelia Peabody. In Temples,... (read more)

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I read this a while back (twice) and it's not the most unbiased, historically correct source you'll ever find, but it's hard to not be swept up in the enthusiasm of the author. She clearly loves Egypt and its history and she has some definite opinions on certain things that make this a "popular" history rather then a textbook. That being said, with her obvious love of the subject, I don't doubt the facts were meticulously studied. When I went to Egypt earlier this year, I looked for all those...

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