Explores the lives of five extraordinary pharaohs who ruled Egypt with absolute power, illuminating the country's 3,000-year empire and its meaning today.
397 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), map ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
We are all Pharaoh's groupies Khufu: size matters Senwosret III: the king strikes back Akhenaten: drinking the Kool-Aid Ramses II: the grand illusion Taharqa: no zealot like the convert Smashing the patriarchy
