This is one
of those books that I thought was going to be one thing and turned out to be another.
This is why you should always read blurbs properly. But as it happens, it was a
happy mistake and I thoroughly enjoyed this. The book covers Egyptian history
from the very very beginning – with the farmers who were there first and ends
with the first pharaohs.
I’ve loved
Egyptian history since I was in school, but this read taught me about a part of
their history that I hadn’t considered, like where the first Egyptians came
from and how their religion and culture developed.
To do the
book justice though, as it was quite technical in places, it was a morning read
with coffee on tap. But it was so worth the extra effort and my mind and
historical knowledge was stretched. And when I got to the end I found there is
a second volume! Wonder what I will be reading next!
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