The Ancient Egyptian World

by Jill Rubalcaba and Eric H. Cline

Book Overview

Taking readers back 4,000 years, to the fertile land around the Nile River, The Ancient Egyptian World tells the stories of the kings, queens, pharaohs, gods, tomb builders, and ordinary citizens who lived there. Using papyri, scarabs, tomb inscriptions, mummies, and a rich variety of other primary sources, Eric H. Cline and Jill Rubalcaba uncover the fascinating history of ancient Egypt. Scarabs, which scholars call "imperial news bulletins," record...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195173910
• ISBN13: 9780195173918
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.6" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 11 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 10

Customer Reviews

More exciting than a lot of fiction, funnier than many comics

This is just about the best, funniest book I've read all year--who would have expected this from a book on the ancient Egyptian World? I'm not an expert on this subject but the writing has the ring of truth and seems to be well-researched. The authors have a gift for making old topics seem this-minute relevant. For instance, Egyptian priesthood: "Plucking out your eyebrows and eyelashes may sound painful., but being a priest had advantages. For one thing, you didn't have to pay taxes..." Or, on fashion: "So what would an Egyptian Fashion magazine look like (other than the fact it would be written on papyrus, need only one issue every thousand years or so, and could only be read by a few people since only aobut 1 percent of Egyptians could read?)" I think the ho-hum title and amazingly dull cover are like displaying a perfect rose in a milk bottle, but you can't have everything.