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Ancient Egypt

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Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

The Secret of the Sacred Scarab by Fiona Ingram

Mummies in the Morning by Mary Pope Osborne

Books for young people about Ancient Egypt

263 books — 68 voters

History of the Ancient World by Gregory S. Aldrete

A Short History of Byzantium by John Julius Norwich

Societies, Networks, and Transitions by Craig A. Lockard

History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective Suggested Reading

143 books — 13 voters

We Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore

History Books - Fact and Fiction

1,308 books — 523 voters

Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt by Erik Hornung

Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods by G.M. Goshgarian

The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt by Richard H. Wilkinson

About Ancient Egyptian Mythology & Religion

66 books — 5 voters

Cleopatra's Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter

The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene by Duane W. Roller

Cleopatra Selene II

13 books — 18 voters

The Woman Who Would Be King by Kara Cooney

Mummies, Tombs, and Treasure by Lila Perl

Pharaoh, the Valley of The Kings and Mummies, Nonfiction Books on Egyptian Royalty

78 books — 14 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Ancient Egypt”

“ The one who wins even after death is known as Tut-Ankh-Amun. ”
― Vinaya

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“ ...Akhenaton is the king who allows us to see the invention of one-god worship for what it really was: a patriarchal cult leader´s tactic, the modern manifestation of which many of us still deludedly follow. I´m not saying that every practicing monotheist is an authoritarian. I´m saying that monotheism was specifically invented to support authoritarianism. ”
― Kara Cooney, The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World

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