Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #405690 in Books
• Published on: 2003-07-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 392 pages

Customer Reviews

Same book, different title
Be careful when buying this book. It's the American version of Act Of God by the same author. I got caught out on it myself. I thought it was a book I hadn't heard about by this excellent writer, but was disappointed to find that it was Act Of God under another guise. Aaprt from that it comes highly recommended.

Atlantis and the Ten Plagues of Egypt
A solid three stars and a fascinating read. Let's start with the flaws. Firstly I feel there is no need for the summaries at the end of each chapter, often they repeat verbatim what is in the main text and what is often just a couple of pages previously. Secondly, there are a few typos, some obvious. Lastly, I feel that Phillips dwelt too long on the tomb aspect of the book. Although this is of course what triggers the investigation (the mystery of tomb 55), I think what Phillips said could have been said in two, possibly, three chapters. Consequently, here, and sometimes later on in the book, things got a bit repetitive.

However this is a fantastically interesting and though-provoking book. Phillips has convinced me that the eruption of Thera did have a catastrophic effect on Egypt and that it was the cause (certainly a factor) of the Israelite Exodus. A lot of things made sense historically if Thera caused it. Later in the book, Phillips hints that Moses was Akhenaten's elder brother Tuthmosis. I'm not convinced by this and will look at this in Phillips's The Moses Legacy, where he expands on this and claims that Moses was two people. Personally I believe Moses was an individual Hebrew. Phillips's solution of why Smenkhkare was buried in such a macabre way was compelling. Were Atenism and the Hebrew religion linked as Philips says? I'm not so sure. I think each faith developed independently and such links were coincidental. However, I can see how in the aftermath of Thera there could have been common ground between them.

All in all an interesting, and recommended, read.

Inspirational!
I am usually not interested in historical or religious themed books, but on the recommendation of a friend, I read Mr. Phillip's book and was so inspired by how he took me on a journey of discovery from beginning to end of a magnificent and well-known story. It was so easy to follow - I wish 'Sunday school' had been taught this way, for it truly is wonderful to learn of these important times of our past. To comprehend them not as myth and legend, but of truth.

I recommend this book highly to everyone - it breaths life into a time that we all inspire to, but don't fully embrace.