Egypt of the Pharaohs: An Introduction

I purchase this book for my 14 year old son since he is very interested in Egyptology. The book was recommended by a tour guide in Cairo. I have to say that it is good for adults since the language is not suitable for teenagers unless they have outstanding reading and comprenhension skills

Sir Alan Gardiner's "Egypt of the Pharaohs" was reprinted by the Folio Society in 1999 as "The Egyptians" in a beautifully bound hardcover edition. The text is the same as that of the first edition (Oxford University Press 1961) with some minor emendations."The Egyptians" is sometimes found as Used or Out of Print either alone or as part of a Folio boxed collection together with "The Babylonians", "The Hittites" and "The Persians".

This is the textbook we use in my Egyptian History course at the University of Alabama. It is a great book on egypt stretching from the old stone age to the Ptolmic Pharaohs.Interesting to read, I disagree somewhat with Gardiner, but i read the book thirty years after it's first publication. Gardiner's book is essential to anyone wanting to understand Egypt.

Written by a master in his field and well-written at that, it is no wonder this work finds a place of honor in practically all the bibliographies of succeeding publications. Gardner covers Egyptian history from predynastic times to Greco-Roman, mentioning even the most obscure pharaohs and figures. The plates are exquisite even some forty years after the original photos for them were taken. One's only complaint might be that, since the format guidelines were somewhat different in the 60's, there aren't two spaces after each sentence, but this only takes a couple chapters to get used to. For a closing statement, I recommend you obtain this book so that you may read Gardner's own, for its closing statement rings with the charming chivalry that Gardner and many of his contemporaries practiced.