Red Land, Black Land by Barbara Mertz
A lively, accessible introduction to ancient Egyptian civilization that explains how the annual Nile flooding shaped the fertile “black land” and contrasted with the surrounding desert, and it paints vivid pictures of daily life for peasants, artisans, priests and pharaohs while explaining religion, funerary customs, art and social institutions; the book also recounts the history of archaeological discovery and the decipherment of hieroglyphs, blending scholarly insight with anecdote to make Egypt’s past understandable and engaging for general readers.
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