Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
by:
Barbara Mertz (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780396076407 (0396076408)
Publisher: W. Clement Stone
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Reference,
Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Anthropology,
Ancient,
Egypt,
Research,
World History,
African Literature,
Egyptian Literature
I've been a fan of MPM, aka Barbara Mertz, aka Elizabeth Peters, aka Barbara Michaels, for years. Although I've read almost every book under almost all of her names, I still love the Amelia Peabody series the best. In these books, the indefatigable Amelia Peabody, parasol in hand, defies Victorian m...
Maybe it was because I was listening to this, but I had a lot of trouble staying with it, and I love Ms. Mertz's novels. I also enjoyed her other book on ancient Egypt, Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs.
~14hoursHow to be an ancient Egyptian: all you need to know about clothes, pyramids and papyrus.What a refreshing voice on a dusty subject......Elizabeth Peters writing under her real name and profession as an Egyptologist but the wry voice is unmistakable.