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The Cleopatras: Discover the powerful story of the seven queens of
'A thrilling biography, filled with the imperial ambitions and merciless intrigues' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORECleopatra: lover, seductress, and Egypt's greatest queen.A woman more myth than history, immortalized in poetry, drama, music,...
Alexandria: The City that Changed the World: 'Monumental' - Daily
A SUNDAY TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Fascinating and important' Natalie Haynes, author of Stone Blind 'Monumental and vividly imagined' Daily Telegraph 'Wonderfully entertaining' Sunday Times 'Lively and...
The Traitor's Gold (Joe Mason, Book 5)
The gripping new action thriller novel from the million-copy bestselling author of the Matt Drake series At the root of all riches lies evil... Ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason is on...
Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology 1: From Antiquity to 1881
A comprehensive history of the study and understanding of ancient Egypt, filled with intriguing mysteries, great discoveries, and scholarly creativity, the first of three-volumes--new in paperback The discovery of ancient...
Ancient Egyptian Warfare: Tactics, Weapons and Ideology of the
A concise introduction to Ancient Egyptian warfare from the Neolithic period through to the Iron Age, covering everything from battle tactics to weaponry and battle injuries. The excellent preservation of...
The Babylon Plot (Joe Mason, Book 4)
'Five-star turbo-charged, non-stop action thriller... It reads like a movie reel... Needs to be on every thrill seeker's reading list' NetGalley review Don't miss the next instalment of the...
The Weavers of Alamaxa
'Hadeer Elsbai has written a powerful story of sisterhood, love, and struggle within a rich, vibrant world with complicated characters that leap from the page to smash the patriarchy!' P....
Writings from Ancient Egypt
The essential writings of ancient Egypt, from songs to stories, newly translated 'Man perishes; his corpse turns to dust; all his relatives pass away. But writings make him remembered.' The...
War and Trade with the Pharaohs: An Archaeological Study of Ancient Egypt's Foreign Relations
The ancient Egyptians presented themselves as superior to all other people in the world; on temple walls, the pharaoh is shown smiting foreign enemies - people from Nubia, Libya and...
El Alamein, 1942
El Alamein, July to November 1942 explores one of the Second World War's most pivotal battles, focusing on the crucial role of the 9th Australian Division. This book examines how...
Adventures in Time: Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile
Journey back to Ancient Egypt with the celebrated children's history series Born into the richest dynasty in the world, young Cleopatra has always dreamed of glory and empire. And when...
Nephthys
A captivating treasure of a novel about Clemmie, a young Victorian Egyptologist, and her entanglement with the legend of the goddess, Nephthys. 'Brilliant... I loved it.' Santa Montefiore SISTER. RIVAL....
House of Two Pharaohs: Step into the world of gold, gods and deadly
FROM THE SHADOWS. A NEW EVIL WILL RISE. FACELESS. NAMELESS. Since his appointment as Nomarch of Memphis, by the God-Pharaoh Rameses, Piay has thrown himself into pulling the city back...
Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt
Author: Chris NauntonFormat: Hardback, 153mm x 234mm, 880g, 304 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2018Where are the tombs of Alexander the Great or Cleopatra? Both rulers were buried...
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
New to Classics, with a new introduction by one of the best known Egyptologists of our time The Book of the Dead is a unique collection of funerary texts from...
The Angel Deception (Joe Mason, Book 6)
The gripping new action thriller novel from the million-copy bestselling author of the Matt Drake series Ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason is on a mission to stop a ruthless satanic group...
Gods, Rites, Rituals and Religion of Ancient Egypt
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Beneath the Burning Wave (The Mu Chronicles, Book 1)
Author: Jennifer Hayashi Danns Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 "One of the most unique books you'll read this year" Buzzfeed "A strikingly different trilogy opener" Kirkus Reviews Twins destined...
The Illusionist: The True Story of the Man Who Fooled Hitler
Cairo, 1942: If you had asked a British officer who Colonel Clarke was, they would have been able to point him out: always ready with a drink and a story,...
Cairo: The City Victorious
Every great city deserves a book like this one: a sweeping chronicle by an author whose motives mix passion and bewilderment. Over the course of four and a half millennia,...
Amelia Cheeseheart Investigates: Mummy Mayhem
A comic-form mystery series for emerging readers starring sparky mouse aviator, Amelia Cheeseheart and her best friend Webster, a banana-loving spider; they investigates mysterious goings-on in their home at the...
The Story of Egypt: The Epic History of the World's Greatest
The epic 4000-year story of the world's greatest civilisation from a world-leading Egyptologist The history of Egypt is full of spectacular sites and epic stories, an evolving society rich in...
What the River Knows: the addictive and endlessly romantic historical
A divine exploration. A deadly secret. A desire she can't escape. In the glittering society of nineteenth-century Buenos Aires, Inez Olivera has everything, except the one thing she really wants:...
The Scorpion God: Three Short Novels (introduced by Charlotte Higgins)
'Visionary.' Bettany Hughes 'Tremendous.' Ben Okri 'Luminous.' Rose Tremain Even when he leapt from the parapet he talked. Ancient Egypt. The Prince is set to marry Pretty Flower, his sister,...
Brief Histories: Ancient Egypt: Everything you wanted to know but
Journey back in time to explore one the most fascinating and influential periods of ancient history.In this concise and incredibly readable short history, Egyptologist Dr Campbell Price asks us how...
Temple of the World: Sanctuaries, Cults, and Mysteries of Ancient
Despite the prominence of ancient temples in the landscape of Egypt, books about them are surprisingly rare. This new and essential publication from a prominent Czech scholar answers the need...
Brief Histories: Ancient Egypt: Everything you wanted to know but
Journey back in time to explore one the most fascinating and influential periods of ancient history. In this concise and incredibly readable short history, Egyptologist Dr Campbell Price asks us...
Sunken cities: Egypt's lost worlds
Beneath the waters of Abukir Bay, at the edge of the northwestern Nile Delta, lie the submerged remains of once-lost ancient Egyptian cities that sank over 1,200 years ago, but...
The Babylon Plot (Joe Mason, Book 4)
At the root of all riches lies evil... Can he uncover their deadly conspiracy before they find him first? When ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason gets a call from the Vatican,...
We Are Your Soldiers: How Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser Remade the Arab
'A gripping account. Essential reading to understand the roots of the 2011 Arab Spring and the conflicts that have devastated so much of the region' EUGENE ROGAN, author of The...
The Traitor's Gold (Joe Mason, Book 5)
The gripping new action thriller novel from the million-copy bestselling author of the Matt Drake series At the root of all riches lies evil... Ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason is on...
Egyptian Food and Drink
The two staples of ancient Egyptian life were bread and beer, both products of the abundant grain hartest of the fertile Nile valley. Bread was so important that over forty...
Art and History of Egypt
Discover Egypt's rich history, monument and artwork with this beautiful volume. Its detailed texts and superb historical and artistic illustrations and maps provide an overview of the fascinating masterpieces of...
Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-by-Reign Records of the Rulers
Other work by the author includes "Rediscovery of Ancient Egypt".
No God But God
Author: Geneive AbdoFormat: Hardback, 236 pagesPublished: Oxford University Press Inc, United States, 2000In Egypt, a new type of Islamic revival - a hidden revolution - has been quietly taking shape....
Egyptian Religion: Ideas in the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Sir Ernest Alfred Wallace...
The Story of Tutankhamun: An Intimate Life of the Boy who Became King
A lively new biography of Tutankhamun-published for the hundredth anniversary of his tomb's modern discovery The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 sparked imaginations across the globe. While Howard Carter...
Ramesses the Great: Egypt's King of Kings
The life, dramatic reign, and enduring legacy of the pharaoh Ramesses the Great, with lessons for the present, from internationally acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson Ramesses II ruled the Nile Valley...
The Ptolemies, the Sea and the Nile: Studies in Waterborne Power
With its emphasis on the dynasty's concern for control of the sea - both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea - and the Nile, this book offers a new and...
What It Was Like to be ... (4) - What it was like to be an Ancient
From sacred cats to the invention of toothpaste, Blue Peter Award winning author David Long takes readers on an intriguing investigation into the ancient Egyptian civilisation. The incredible civilisation of...
Testament: The new Ancient Egyptian epic from the bestselling Master
An epic new novel of Ancient Egypt, from the Master of Historical Adventure, Wilbur Smith. IN THE RUINS OF BATTLE A HERO MUST RISE FOR THE GLORY OF EGYPT Years...
Totally Chaotic History: Ancient Egypt Gets Unruly!: Fast, funny,
The first book in a fantastically funny new history series from best-selling author and chart-topping podcaster Greg Jenner! Think history is just a boring list of facts and dates? Think...
Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt
The Romans regarded her as 'fatale monstrum', a tyrant to be crushed. Pascal said the shape of her nose changed the history of the world. Shakespeare and Tiepolo (and Elizabeth...
The Pyramids
Here, the Egyptian pyramids provide the inspiration for another book, although this one is not, and does not claim to be, thoroughly up-to-date. Originally published in Czech in 1997, this...
Complete Pyramids
For centuries the pyramids have inspired passionate theories about their origins, purpose and method of construction. In this fully work on the major pyramids of Ancient Egypt, the author surveys...
The Search for Cleopatra
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Cleopatra is wreathed by so many outsized myths that it is sometimes difficult to tell the woman from the legend. For centuries, historians have scarcely deviated from the occidental, Horatian...
The Pharaoh's Pitch: Unearthing ancient Egyptian wisdom for sales
Sales is for everyone and everyone has in themselves the innate ability to sell. This is contrary to popular belief that you need years and years of training and experience...