The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt-Toby Wilkinson

Bloomsbury

The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt [Hardcover] [Aug 02, 2010] Wilkinson, Toby\n\nProduct Overview\nThe story of Ancient Egypt and the extraordinary civilisation that flourished\nalong the banks of the River Nile can seem like a gorgeous pageant studded\nwith exceptional events. Among them are the building of the pyramids, the\nconquest of Nubia, Akhenaten's religious revolution, the power and beauty of\nNefertiti, the life and death of Tutankhamun, the ruthlessness of Ramesses,\nAlexander the Great's invasion, and Cleopatra's fatal entanglement with Rome\nwhich led to the fall of Ptolemaic Egypt. But while three thousand years of\npharaonic civilisation have all the ingredients of an epic novel - glittering\ncourts, dynastic intrigues, murky assassinations and epic battles; individual\nstories of heroism and skulduggery, of triumph and tragedy; and, powerful\nwomen and tyrannical kings - the real historical story is even more surprising\nand far more interesting. The Ancient Egyptian-