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esposible
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Could any of you recommend any good books about Ancient Egypt.
Currently I have begun reading Akhenaten the false prophet.

If any of you have read it care to tell me how you viewed it?

Well hope to hear about other interesting informative and preferably recent books on ancient Egypt...

Thanks

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Some good books I recommend are the following:

1. The Fellahin of Upper Egypt by Winifried S.Blackman reprint with introduction by Salima ikram

2. X-Raying the Pharoahs by Kent R. Weeks,Edward Wente,and James E. Harris

3.Ancient Egyptian Literature Vol.1 Miriam Lictheim[sp]

4. Voices from the Middle Kingdom by Richard Parkinson

4. The Egyptian Mummies by Bob Brier
5.Village Life in Ancient Egypt: Laundry Lists and Love Songs
by Authors: A. G. McDowell
Released: March, 2002
ISBN: 0199247536
Paperback
6. Douglas Brewer,Emily Teter The Egyptians

7.Egypt in Africa
Celenko, Theodore
8.Thomas Hagg (editor), Nubian Culture past and Presen

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Really great book is 'the tutankhamen deception' by Gerald O'Farrell...makes for controversial reading, but hey! controversy is good to read. And very good too!

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quote:
Originally posted by ausar:
7.Egypt in Africa
Celenko, Theodore

This book is out of print and no longer available. I've been trying to order a used copy of this book, but so far have had no luck.

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ausar
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Have you ever tried Inter-library loan? A new book just published by Egyptologist David O Connor looks interesting. The title is Egypt in Africa.

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Hi,

This is my first post, I'm a British citizen of Nigerian parentage with an interest in African history.

With regards to books, a couple came out last year. I'm yet to read them but they look interesting:

Ancient Egypt in Africa - Encounters with Ancient Egypt Series by Andrew Reid and Peter Ucko (August 2003)

Genesis of the pharoahs by Toby Wilkinson (April 2003)

I've read the following and it's quite good, if a little academic:

The Black Pharoahs: Egypt's Nubian Rulers
Robert G. Morkot (July 2002)

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bump++

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The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt Paperback – February 19, (get 2000 version not 2004)
by Ian Shaw (Editor)

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Ancient Egyptian Chronology
Edited by Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss, and David A. Warburton

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Life in Ancient Egypt, Adolf Erman 1894
also available online free

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.globalgrey.co

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Africa and Africans as Seen by Classical Writers
by William Leo Hansberry (Howard Univ)

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(On Language):
Ancient Egyptian Literature: Volume II: The New Kingdom Paperback
by Miriam Lichtheim Vol I. II and III

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African Philosophy : The Pharaonic Period : 2780 - 330 BC -
by Theophile Obenga

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Egypt: 4000 Years of Art Hardcover – May 1, 2003
by Jaromir Malek

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Egypt and Its Laws
Edited by Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron and Baudouin Dupret

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The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt by Richard H. Wilkinson

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The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt by Aidan Dodson

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. How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Step-by-Step Guide to Teach Yourself by Mark Collier

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Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian
Gábor Takács

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The Despoliation of Egypt
Joel Stevens Allen

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The Wisdom of Egypt
Edited by Anthony Hilhorst and George H. van Kooten

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Ancient Egyptian Magical Texts
J.F. Borghouts (tr.)

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Egyptian Archaeology
edited by Willeke Wendrich
pub Wiley

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I like the history books

When We Ruled by Robin Walker

Introduction To African Civilization by John G Jackson

Exiled Africans by Moustafa Gadalla

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Mena

Your list has non-Egyptology books
so I am forced to delete your post.

Sorry

Even Gadalla's book is propaganda not history.
He just puts native Egyptian clothes
on Speke's Hamitic Hypothesis (sending
them westward instead of southward).

Tukuler al~Takruri, the ardo

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