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An essential guide for the discerning time-traveller: take a trip to ancient Egypt at the height of its power and prosperity in the reign of Ramesses II. More reliable than Herodotus and more upbeat than The Book of the Dead, this popular book in Thames & Hudson¿s successful Time Travel series takes the reader to Ancient Egypt in the time of Ramesses II (1250BC). Egyptologist Donald Ryan guides the time-travelling tourist on a journey up the N...

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Egypt's ancient pyramids, temples, and tombs along the Nile, which have inspired artists and writers for centuries, have also inspired poets-and particularly in the nineteenth century when romanticism was at its height. Egyptologist Donald Ryan here collects a wide variety of English verse composed by British, Irish, and North American poets fired up by the magic, the splendor, or the desolation of the pharaonic ruins and their echoes of a dis...

Spend a year in the company of the ancient Egyptians, during the twenty-sixth and final year of the reign of Amenhotep II (c.1400 BC), which saw a royal transition will take place bringing Thutmose IV to the throne of Upper and Lower Egypt.

Have you ever wondered what it was like to live and work in Egypt, the most powerful kingdom of the ancient world? Spend a day with 24 Egyptians to see Egypt through their eyes.

During the course of a day in the ancient city of Thebes, we meet 24 Egyptians from all strata of society. We encounter a different one of these characters every hour and in every chapter, and through their eyes see what an average day in ancient Egypt was really like.

Have you ever wondered what it was like to live and work in Egypt, the most powerful kingdom of the ancient world? Spend a day with 24 Egyptians to see Egypt through their eyes - the sights, the smells, the struggles and the conflicts.

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A new addition to the Time Travel series, this takes the reader to Ancient Egypt in the time of Ramesses II (1250 BC). Draws on contemporary sources and 30 years of experience excavating in the Valley of the Kings. 60 illustrations.

Ancient Egypt: The Basics offers an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the history, archaeology and influence of this fascinating civilization. Coverage includes:A survey of Egyptian history from its earliest origins to the coming of IslamLife and death in ancient EgyptKey archaeological discoveries and important charactersEgypt's impact and reception through to the modern dayLively and engaging, this is an indispensable resource for...

This book is a major (indeed the only) anthology of 19th century poetry about Ancient Egypt, edited by Egyptologist Professor Donald P. Ryan. It brings together, in a series of themed sections, verses by well-known poets - such as Shelley, Keats, Byron and Longfellow - with those by less-famous but no less fascinating writers. The editor provides a series of commentaries that set the poems in their archaeological and historical context and giv...

A time-traveler's guideto sightseeing andsurvival in the landof the pharaohs.

Ancient Egypt, with its spectacular temples and tombs, its history, gods, and legends, has enticed the human imagination for centuries. This fascination--and the irresistible drive to unearth the buried secrets of a lost civilization--have been the life work of archaeologist Donald P. Ryan. "Beneath the Sands of Egypt" is the gripping first-person account of a real-life "Indiana Jones" as he recalls a career spent delving into the remains of E...