The first part of a comprehensive survey of medical knowledge and practice in ancient Egypt, by leading authorities on the topic

Ancient Egyptian medicine employed advanced surgical practices, while the preventi...

For many women of Egypt, their jewelry is their bank—they wear their wealth in their gold. But jewelry in Egypt is also more than mere assets, and its design and manufacture reveal a great array of styles and a high degree ...

A colorfully illustrated celebration of the classic era of cruising on the Nile

Since Antony and Cleopatra honeymooned on the Nile on a gilded barge, visitors to Egypt have taken to the river as the best way to ...

The first part of the first comprehensive history of the study and understanding of ancient Egypt, from ancient times to the twenty-first century

The discovery of ancient Egypt and the development of Egyptology ...

Ancient Egyptian cities and towns have until recently been one of the least-studied and least-published aspects of this great civilization. Now, new research and excavation are transforming our knowledge. This is the first bo...

A survey of the 20 centuries of existence of one of the oldest churches in the world

Christianity arrived early in Egypt, brought—according to tradition—by Saint Mark the Evangelist, who became the first pa...

For over three thousand years, the ancient Egyptian monarchy lasted in a recognizable form, with the king as its central figure, the supreme head of the administrative, religious, political, and military state. Not merely a w...

The tombs, mortuary temples, and religious beliefs and practices of one of the world\'s greatest ancient civilizations

Death, burial, and the afterlife were as important to the ancient Egyptians as how they live...

A critical examination of the origins and development of monotheism

The shift from polytheism to monotheism changed the world radically. Akhenaten and Moses—a figure of history and a figure of tradition—symb...

A novel about growing up half-Jewish, half-Muslim in an Egypt where Jews were increasingly unwelcome, by the author of Days of Diaspora

Egyptian Muslims and Jews were not always at odds. Before the Arab–Israel...