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  The Egyptian Royals Collection: Book 3

  Cleopatra's Daughter

  by Michelle Moran

  The marriage of Marc Antony and Cleopatra is one of the greatest love stories of all time, a tale of unbridled passion with earth-shaking political consequences. Feared and hunted by the powers in Rome, the lovers choose to die by their own hands as the triumphant armies of Antony’s revengeful rival, Octavian, sweep into Egypt. Their three orphaned children are taken in chains to Rome, but only two - the ten... (more)
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  The Memoirs of Cleopatra

  by Margaret George

  Bestselling novelist Margaret George brings to life the glittering kingdom of Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile, in this lush, sweeping, and richly detailed saga. Told in Cleopatra's own voice, this mesmerizing tale of ambition, passion, and betrayal, which begins when twenty-year-old seeks out the most powerful man in the world, Julius Caesar, and does not end until, having survived the assassination of Caesar and the... (more)
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  The Egyptian Royals Collection: Book 1

  Nefertiti

  Queen of Egypt, Daughter of Eternity

  by Michelle Moran

  Nefertiti and her younger sister, Mutnodjmet, have been raised in a powerful family that has provided wives to the rulers of Egypt for centuries. Ambitious, charismatic, and beautiful, Nefertiti is destined to marry Amunhotep, an unstable young pharaoh. It is hoped by all that her strong personality will temper the young Amunhotep’s heretical desire to forsake Egypt’s ancient gods, overthrow the priests of Amun,... (more)
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  The Egyptian Royals Collection: Book 2

  The Heretic Queen

  by Michelle Moran

  In ancient Egypt, a forgotten princess must overcome her family’s past and remake history. The winds of change are blowing through Thebes. A devastating palace fire has killed the Eighteenth Dynasty’s royal family—all with the exception of Nefertari, the niece of the reviled former queen, Nefertiti. The girl’s deceased family has been branded as heretical, and no one in Egypt will speak their... (more)
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  River God

  A Novel of Ancient Egypt

  by Wilbur Smith

  For Tanus, the fair-haired young lion of a warrior, the gods have decreed that he will lead Egypt's army in a bold attempt to reunite the Kingdom's shared halves. But Tanus will have to defy the same gods to attain the reward they have forbidden him, an object more prized than battle's glory: possession of the Lady Lostris, a rare beauty with skin the color of oiled ceder--destined for the adoration of a nation,... (more)
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  Taita: Book 3

  Warlock

  by Wilbur Smith

  One of the world's most acclaimed adventure writers returns to the world of ancient Egypt with the stunning sequel to the New York Times bestselling River God . In the wake of a sixty-year war over the reign of the kingdoms of Egypt, two young pharaohs have risen to claim power, but only one can succeed, deciding the fate of his empire forever... The mission of Prince Nefer, rightful heir to the throne, is to... (more)
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  Taita: Book 2

  The Seventh Scroll

  by Wilbur Smith

  For 4,000 years, the lavish crypt of the Pharaoh Mamose has never been found...until the Seventh Scroll, a cryptic message written by he slave Taita, gives beautiful Egyptologist Royan Al Simma a tantalizing clue to its location. But this is a treasure cache others would kill to possess. Only one step ahead of assassins, Royan runs for her life and into the arms of the only man she can trust, Sir Nicholas... (more)
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  When We Were Gods

  A Novel of Cleopatra

  by Colin Falconer

  Arrestingly beautiful and fiercely intelligent, Cleopatra VII of Egypt was barely more than a teenager when she inherited the richest empire in the world—one that stretched from the scorching deserts of lower Egypt to the shining Mediterranean metropolis of Alexandria. Imperiled at every turn by court conspiracies and Roman treachery, Cleopatra brazenly sought a partnership with the only man who could secure... (more)
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  The Egyptian

  by Mika Waltari

  First published in the United States in 1949 and widely condemned as obscene, The Egyptian outsold every other novel published that year, and remains a classic; readers worldwide have testified to its life-changing power. It is a full-bodied re-creation of a largely forgotten era in the world's history: the Egypt of the 14th century B.C.E., when pharaohs and gods contended with the near-collapse of history's... (more)
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  Kleopatra: Book 1

  Kleopatra

  by Karen Essex

  Even as a child, Kleopatra demonstrates the charisma and intelligence that will ensure her destiny. During an Egyptian coup, she and the King are banished to the worldly capital of Rome, where she accepts the terms of her rightful ascent to power. But the return to Egypt proves less than glorious when her father falls ill and dies, leaving her vulnerable to banishment, once again. This time, however, Kleopatra,... (more)
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  Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt

  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, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs ,... (more)
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  Masters of Rome: Book 6

  The October Horse

  A Novel of Caesar and Cleopatra

  by Colleen McCullough

  A SWEEPING EPIC OF ANCIENT ROME FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE THORN BIRDS With her renowned storytelling gifts in full force, Colleen McCullough delivers a breathtaking novel that is both grand in scope and vivid in detail -- and proves once again why she is the top historical novelist of our time. In the last days of the Roman Republic, Gaius Julius Caesar is both adored and despised -- but his rule... (more)
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  The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality

  by Cheikh Anta Diop

  Now in its 30th printing, this classic presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization.
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  The Lost Tomb: In 1995, An American Egyptologist Discovered The Burial Site Of The Sons Of Ramesses Ii--this Is His

  by Kent R. Weeks

  Kent Weeks made international headlines when, seventy feet below the surface of Egypt's Valley of the Kings he found the largest and most complicated mausoleum yet discovered, the tomb of Ramesses II's sons. Now for the first time, Weeks shares up-to-the-minute details on the thrilling discovery and contemplates what the tomb, called KV5, will reveal as the excavation moves forward. Built in the age of Exodus, the... (more)
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  The Earth Chronicles: Book 3

  The Wars of Gods and Men

  by Zecharia Sitchin

  Eons ago, the Earth was a battlefield. Mighty armies clashed, led by giant warriors meticulously skilled in the art of combat. These wars would shape man's destiny and live on for centuries in legend, song and religious lore -- brutal and terrible conflicts that began lifetimes earlier on another planet. In the astonishing third volume of Zecharia Sitchin's The Earth Chronicles, the internationally renowned... (more)
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  The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen

  by Howard Carter

  This book captures the painstaking, step-by-step process of excavation; and the wonders of the treasure-filled inner chamber. 104 on-the-spot photographs depict the phases of the discovery and the scrupulous cataloging of the treasures.
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  Egyptian Hieroglyphs (Reading the Past, Vol. 6)

  by W. V. Davies

  Traces the history of hieroglyphics, discusses grammar and vocabulary, and tells how the hieroglyphics were first deciphered by Champollion.
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  The Rosetta Stone

  by E. A. Wallis Budge

  Great Egyptologist’s fascinating account of the discovery of the linguistic keystone that enabled scholars to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. Work of Young, Champollion, other scholars; implications for biblical scholarship, history of ancient Near East, much more. Clear, concise, accessible to layman. 23 photographs. Bibliography.
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  Kleopatra: Book 2

  Pharaoh

  by Karen Essex

  The glittering epic of Kleopatra continues as Egypts queen allies herself with Antony and begins a love story that immortalizes her as one of historys great political players and most tragic heroines.Kleopatra has been reinstated to the throne and now shares her bed with Caesar. But in order for their infant son to be officially recognized as Caesars rightful heir, Kleo-patra must journey with the child to Rome.... (more)
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  Ramses: Book 2

  The Eternal Temple

  by Christian Jacq

  The splendor and danger of ancient Egypt continues in the second volume of this magnificent saga. For Ramses, the Son of Light, the coronation has arrived. Now he will learn whether the friends of his youth--people such as Moses and the aging Greek poet, Homer--can truly be trusted. Shaanar, the young king's scheming older brother, still has designs on the crown, and in the shadows, the machinations of a... (more)