Insiders - Egypt

by Joyce A. Tyldesley

INSIDERS -- a visually groundbreaking, state-of-the-art nonfiction series that outshines Eyewitness and Discoveries. This stunning new series offers an inside look into twelve riveting subjects, beginning with Dinosaurs, Egypt, Oceans, and Space. Expertly written, each book will feature an arresting design, complete with dynamic, multi-layered CGI and 3-D model imagery that is complemented by fascinating, up-to-date information presented in a user-friendly format.

Get a glimpse inside the chambers of King Tut's tomb, examine each layer of mummification, and see the inner workings of pyramid-building. Egypt covers every facet of ancient Egyptian civilization!

Genres: Nonfiction, Egypt, History, Historical, Reference

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Joyce Tyldesley is a British archaeologist and Egyptologist, academic, writer and broadcaster.

Tyldesley was born in Bolton, Lancashire and attended Bolton School. In 1981, she earned a first-class honours degree in archaeology from Liverpool University, and a doctorate in Prehistoric Archaeology from Oxford in 1986. She is a Teaching Fellow at Manchester University where she is tutor and course organiser of the three-year distance learning (internet based) Certificate in Egyptology programme run from the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology.

She is an Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Archaeology, Classics, and Egyptology at Liverpool University, an ex-trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society, Chairperson of Bolton Archaeology and Egyptology Society, and a trustee of Chowbent Chapel.

In 2004 she established, with Steven Snape of Rutherford Press Limited, a publishing firm dedicated to publishing serious but accessible books on ancient Egypt while raising money for Egyptology field work. Donations from RPL have been made to Manchester Museum and the Egypt Exploration Society: currently all profits are donated to the ongoing fieldwork at Zawiyet umm el-Rakham.

She is married with two children to Egyptologist Steven Snape and lives in Lancashire.

Reviews

[Na kávu s Terezou · Rating 3 out of 5]

Zajímavá kniha plná informací, které ocení každý vášnivý fanoušek starověkého Egypta :)

[Frances · Rating 2 out of 5]

I lost a great deal of respect for the book at this sentence: Slavery did exist, but it was rare.

That is a total re-write of history.

[Cosmo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dacă m-aș întoarce înapoi în timp, ca orice iubitor de istorie antică, aș vrea să mă întorc în perioada Egiptului condus de nobili faroni. Cartea aceasta mi-a deschis o lume mult profundă a Egiptului din Antichitate. M-a făcut să-mi doresc să descoper mai mult despre faroni, zeități, obiceiuri, sărbători dar și despre războaiele pe care aceștia l-au avut cu invadatorii.
Pasiunea mea pentru ramura egiptologiei a început la vârsta de 7 ani, după vizionarea filmului ,,Mumia”. Acest film a lăsat o amprentă evidențiată cugetului meu, astfel că întreaga săptămână când am fost la școală le vorbeam colegilor doar despre mumii, piramide, hieroglife...
Lucruri interesante desprine din enciclopedie:
- In Egiptul Antic existau peste 2000 de zeitati, chiar fiecărui lucru i se acorda o divinitate.
- Raul Nil era un element definitoriu pentru economia Egiptului Antic.
- Alfabetul egiptean continea peste 1000 de hieroglife.

[Cornelia · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book for research or study

[Galilea Nigenda A · Rating 5 out of 5]

M encanto, soy amante de las antiguas civilizaciones y en especial de Egipto. ¡Buenísima información!

[Ig-88 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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