The Ancient Egyptian World

This is just about the best, funniest book I've read all year--who would have expected this from a book on the ancient Egyptian World? I'm not an expert on this subject but the writing has the ring of truth and seems to be well-researched. The authors have a gift for making old topics seem this-minute relevant. For instance, Egyptian priesthood: "Plucking out your eyebrows and eyelashes may sound painful., but being a priest had advantages. For one thing, you didn't have to pay taxes..." Or, on fashion: "So what would an Egyptian Fashion magazine look like (other than the fact it would be written on papyrus, need only one issue every thousand years or so, and could only be read by a few people since only aobut 1 percent of Egyptians could read?)" I think the ho-hum title and amazingly dull cover are like displaying a perfect rose in a milk bottle, but you can't have everything.