HISTORY OF ANCIENT EGYPT: From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid: 1 - Tapa dura

"Scholarly, passionate, and exquisitely written . . . it is remarkable how this book gives us almost nothing of the ancient Egypt we think we know . . . [Romer writes] with all the care and exactitude of a pharanoic engineer with a plumb line . . . a stunning, clear-sighted history of ancient Egypt." --"The Sunday Times "(UK)

"After a long wait, we have an up-to-date, stimulating account of the birth of what may turn out to be the world's oldest civilization." --"Nature "(UK)

"His physical descriptions are superb . . . A book to be read and thought about."
--"Financial Times" (UK)

Scholarly, passionate, and exquisitely written . . . it is remarkable how this book gives us almost nothing of the ancient Egypt we think we know . . . [Romer writes] with all the care and exactitude of a pharanoic engineer with a plumb line . . . a stunning, clear-sighted history of ancient Egypt. "The Sunday Times (UK)"

After a long wait, we have an up-to-date, stimulating account of the birth of what may turn out to be the world's oldest civilization. "Nature (UK)"

His physical descriptions are superb . . . A book to be read and thought about. "Financial Times (UK)""

-Scholarly, passionate, and exquisitely written . . . it is remarkable how this book gives us almost nothing of the ancient Egypt we think we know . . . [Romer writes] with all the care and exactitude of a pharanoic engineer with a plumb line . . . a stunning, clear-sighted history of ancient Egypt.- --The Sunday Times (UK)

-After a long wait, we have an up-to-date, stimulating account of the birth of what may turn out to be the world's oldest civilization.- --Nature (UK)

-His physical descriptions are superb . . . A book to be read and thought about.- --Financial Times (UK)

"Scholarly, passionate, and exquisitely written . . . it is remarkable how this book gives us almost nothing of the ancient Egypt we think we know . . . [Romer writes] with all the care and exactitude of a pharanoic engineer with a plumb line . . . a stunning, clear-sighted history of ancient Egypt." --The Sunday Times (UK)

"After a long wait, we have an up-to-date, stimulating account of the birth of what may turn out to be the world's oldest civilization." --Nature (UK)

"His physical descriptions are superb . . . A book to be read and thought about." --Financial Times (UK)