Product Description

This essential handbook on ancient Egypt â both a highly readable popular history and a unique work of reference â is now available in paperback.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #43741 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

About the Author
Peter A. Clayton is an Egyptologist, archaeologist and numismatist who has excavated at sites in England and Egypt. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, heads a number of archaeological societies, and is an Honorary Member of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. He edits Minerva: The International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeology, and is the author of many articles and several books on Egypt, including the widely praised Rediscovery of Ancient Egypt.

Customer Reviews

The Best Book on the Pharaohs of Egypt
This book has been translated into nearly 20 languages thus far and is in my opinion the best book ever written on the pharaohs. Peter A. Clayton is a member of the Society of Antiquaries in Burlington House, Piccadilly, and regularly gives lectures on tours in Egpyt. The layout of the book is wonderfully intuitive and Chronicle of the Pharaohs is one of the most consulted books in my own personal library as a general reference tool on Egypt and the Pharaohs. Especially useful is that Clayton provides the most important cartouches next to the name of each Pharaoh, something which, e.g. the very weak British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt does not do.

CHROICLES OF THE PHAOOHS
AFTER RETURNING FROM A TRIP TO EGYPT I PURCHASED THE ABOVE BOOK AND I MUST SAY I AM FINDING IT A BRILLIANT AND INFORMATIVE READ.IT GIVES INFO ON ALL THE PHAROHS FROM THE FIRST DYNASTY,EXPLAINING THE HISTORY OF WHAT IS KNOWN,COMPLETE WITH CARTOUCHES FOR EACH,AND A WEALTH OF INFORMATION.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED