THE BRITISH MUSEUM BOOK OF ANCIENT EGYPT /ANGLAIS

This is Pocket Companion to Egypt. That's the best reference. You can really carry this book around and read. GOOD BOOK:

In 240 densely informative, generously illustrated pages we get thorough overviews of ancient Egypt's religion, funerary customs, language and writing, art and architecture, and technology, along with chapters on the country's geography, history and relations with other powers. The information is authoritative--the editors and writers are members of the Museum's curatorial staff--and written in a plain, understandable style. Appendices include "Suggestions for Further Reading" (unfortunately not updated since the first printing in 1992), dynasty and king lists, and kings' names in hieroglyphics. (Aramco World