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The Ancient Egyptians For Dummies
Unravel the history behind of one of the most fascinating ancient civilisations with this engaging, entertaining and educational guide to the ancient Egyptians. With a complete rundown of ancient Egyptian history and culture alongside insights in to the everyday lives of the Egyptians, you’ll discover how they kept themselves entertained, the gory details of mummification, the amazing creation of the pyramids, the deciphering of hieroglyphs and much more.
- GenresHistoryNonfictionEgypt
354 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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June 25, 2013
I absolutely adore anything to do with Ancient Egypt and Egyptology,so when I spotted this book in the library I thought it would be right up my street. However, I did not enjoy this as much as I anticipated. It was full to the brim with information, but it was all glossed over very quickly( which I understand is probably the point of this book), but when I found something interesting I was left wanting more. The writing is rather straight forward, to be expected since it is non- fiction, but I believe that even works of Non- fiction should not disregard language.A few spelling mistakes and word repetition appeared throughout,but nothing of consequence. The author tries to be relatable and makes a lot of jokes throughout the book, which I didn't appreciate, probably due to having no sense of humour :D Having said all that I do award it 3 stars as it is enjoyable, well researched and put together nicely with pictures and diagrams.
May 24, 2013
Surprisingly, very nice. Gives all the basic information, good job at introducing to the topic. Didn't particularly need the jokes (but that's a personal thing). Also, realization: travelling as a child turns out to be no fun at all in retrospect. I've been to Egypt twice and couldn't appreciate any of the awesomeness.
April 30, 2023
Estuvo interesante y me enseñó cosas que no sabía, sobretodo de la gente humilde. Matrimonios y ritos curiosos, sin olvidar los dioses principales y los faraones. La última mitad del libro se centra en la vida después de la muerte y me resultó un tanto pesada y se nota que es la parte más documentada y con más restos del antiguo Egipto. Tampoco aprecié que toda la bibliografía estuviera en francés y de autores pocco conocidos. Muy colegueo en mi opinión.
December 7, 2019
Very good introductory book with explanations full of sense humour, I loved it! Only problem is that they could add more visuals while explaining stuff, especially those related to architecture and discovered entities, I had to google them myself.
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