Focusing on the monuments on either side of the Nile, the author describes Egyptians, their writing, religion and gods, plus historic locales and objects: Alexandria, Cairo, the Rosetta Stone, the pyramids, the Sphinx; the statue of Rameses II, the temples at Luxor and Karnak, major sites where royal mummies were discovered, and more.
ISBN: | 9780486149530 |
Publication date: | 13th August 2012 |
Author: | Budge, E. A. Wallis |
Publisher: | Dover Publications |
Format: | Ebook (Epub) |