“Egypt was undoubtedly the best place to have been born a woman in the whole of the Ancient World…. Egyptian women enjoyed a legal, social, and sexual independence unrivaled by their Greek or Roman sisters, unrivaled, indeed by women in Europe until the late nineteenth century. They could own and trade in property, work outside...
“The Writing of the Gods: two rival geniuses in a race to decode the writing on one of the world’s most famous documents—the Rosetta Stone. It is one of the most famous objects in the world, attracting millions of visitors to the British museum ever year, and yet most people don’t really know what it...
“The five centuries that followed the unification of Egypt around 3100 BC–the first three dynasties–were crucial in the evolution of the Egyptian state. During this time all the key elements of the civilization that would endure for three millennia were put in place, centered on the semidivine king himself. The First Pharaohs: Their Lives and...
