Recommended Egypt and Egyptian Related Books

Adults

Travel

Recommended General Travel Guides
Recommended Specialty Travel Guides
General Egyptian Maps

Language (Arabic)
Historical

Recommended General Historical Guides

Mainstream
Alternative Views

Recommended Social Historical Guides
Recommended Books on Hieroglyphics
Buildings and Monuments
Recommended Books on Ancient Religion

General
Relating to Modern Spiritualism
Temples
Specific Gods, and Near Gods
Mummies
Other Specific Topics

Recommended Books on Ancient Art & Crafts
Recommended Books on Specific Pharaohs and Kings
Historical Maps
Specific Periods
Specific Alternative Views
Historical Fiction
Other Misc. Historical Books

Egyptian Recipes

Children

Recommended Travel Books for Kids
Recommended Historical Books for Kids

General History

General Topics
Specific Topics
Coloring Books
Fiction

Ancient Religion
Other Misc. Children's Books on Egypt

Books on Specific Areas

Alexandria
Cairo

Cairo Travel Guides
Historical Cairo
Maps
Fictional

Luxor/Thebes
The Sinai

All of Egypt

Adults

Travel

Recommended General Travel Guides

• Lonely Planet Egypt Andrews Humphreys, 544 Pages (September 1999) $17.95
• Fodor's Egypt (Fodor's Pocket Egypt) Stephen Wolf, 256 Pages (May 1999) $17.10
• Fodor's Exploring Egypt Anthony Sattin (June 1998) $17.60
• Knopf Guide Egypt (Knopf Guides)
• Egypt: A Practical Guide Moustafa Gadalla, 254 Pages (October 1998) $8.50
• Passport's Illustrated Guide to Egypt Micheal Haa, 192 Pages (February 2000) $13.45
• Blue Guide Egypt (Blue Guides) Veronica Seton-Williams (June 1993) $27.19

Recommended Specialty Travel Guides

• The Traveler's Key to Ancient Egypt John Anthony West (January 1996) $17.95

General Egyptian Maps

• Egypt Nelles (June 1997) $10.12
• Globetrotter Travel Map Egypt New Holland Pubns (May 2000) $8.05

Language (Arabic)

• Arabic at a Glance : Phrase Book and Dictionary for Travelers Hilary Wise, 274 Pages (January 1987) $7.15
• Colloquial Arabic of Egypt Russell McGuirk (August 1988) $27.99
• Colloquial Arabic of Egypt (Routledge Colloquial Series) Russell H. McGuirk, 193 Pages (April 1986) $18.99
• English-Arabic Arabic-English Concise Romanized Dictionary: For the Spoken Arabic of Egypt and Syria Richard Jasch, 380 Pages (June 1999) $11.65

Historical

Recommended General Historical Guides

Mainstream

• Ancient Egypt David P. Silverman, 256 Pages (May 1997) $31.96
• Ancient Egypt : Its Culture and History Jon Ewbank Manchip White, 217 Pages (July 1970) $8.05
• Ancient Egypt (Crash Course Series) Piotr O. Scholz, 191 Pages (April 1997) $11.65
• Ancient Egypt : Anatomy of a Civilization Barry J. Kemp (September 1993) $29.99
• Ancient Egypt : The Light of the World Gerald Massey (June 1990) $60.00
• The British Museum Book of Ancient Egypt Stephen Quirke (September 1996) $22.00
• The Civilization of Ancient Egypt Paul Johnson, 255 Pages (December 1999) $32.00
• The Dwellers on the Nile : The Life, History, Religion, and Literature of the Ancient Egyptians Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis (December 1977) $8.95

Alternative Views

• Historical Deception: The Untold Story of Ancient Egypt Moustafa Gadalla, 352 Pages (July 1999) $19.95
• The Temple of Man : Apet of the South at Luxor R. A. Schwaller De Lubicz, 1088 Pages (November 1998) $156.00
• Egyptian Harmony: The Visual Music Moustafa Gadalla, 192 Pages (August 2000) $11.95

Recommended Social Historical Guides

• Ancient Egypt : A Social History Bruse Trigger, 450 Pages (October 1983) $32.95
• Costume of Ancient Egypt (Costume Reference)Philip J. Watson, 64 Pages (December 1990) $17.95
• Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven: Women in Ancient Egypt Anne K. Capel (January 1997) $50.00
• Silent Images : Women in Pharaonic Egypt Zahi Hawass, 208 Pages (April 2000) $39.60

Recommended Books on Hieroglyphics

• Fascinating Hieroglyphics : Discovering, Decoding & Understanding the Ancient Art Christian Jacq, 224 Pages (August 1998) $12.55
• A Hieroglyphic Vocabulary to the Book of the Dead E. A. Wallis Budge, 522 Pages (June 1991) $11.65
• Egyptian Hieroglyphics (Reading the the Past, Vol 6) W. V. Davies, 64 Pages (January 1990) $12.55
• Egyptian Hieroglyphics : How to Read and and Write Them Stephane Rossini, 96 Pages (July 1989) $7.15
• Egyptian Hieroglyphics and Their Meanings, 2nd Edition Brian L. Pellham, 48 Pages (October 1995) $6.50
• Reading Egyptian Art : A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Egyptian Paintings and Sculpture Richard H. Wilkinson (June 1994) $15.25

Buildings and Monuments

• The Complete Pyramids: Solving the Ancient Mysteries Mark Lehner, 256 Pages (November 1997) $31.96
• Pyramid Handbook Moustafa Gadalla, 192 Pages (July 2000) $11.95

Recommended Books on Ancient Religion

General

• The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead Carol Andrews, 192 Pages (September 1990) $19.96
• The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife Erik Hornung, 188 Pages (June 1999) $15.25
• Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts : Spells, 1-354 (Modern Egyptology Series) Raymond Oliver Faulkner (June 2000) $42.00
• Ancient Egyptian Religion Stephen Quirke (January 1993) $14.35
• The Ancient Wisdom of Egypt Murry Hope, 192 Pages (January 1999) $13.50
• Becoming Osiris: The Ancient Egyptian Death Experience Ruth Schumann Antelme, 128 Pages (October 1998) $15.25
• Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: The One and the Many Erik Hornung (November 1996) $16.95
• Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods Dimitri Meeks (October 1996) $18.95
• The Egyptian Heaven and Hell : Three Volumes Bound as One E. A. Wallis Budge (December 1996) $17.05
• Egyptian Ideas of the Afterlife E. A. Wallis Budge, 198 Pages (May 1995) $7.15
• Egyptian Religion Siegfried Morenz, 379 Pages (April 1992) $19.95
• From Fetish to God in Ancient Egypt E. A. Wallis Budge, 545 Pages (January 1989) $12.55
• The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Dictionary Manfred Lurker (October 1984) $15.95
• The Gods of Ancient Egypt Pascal Vernus, 204 Pages (October 1998) $60.00
• Gods of Ancient Egypt Barbara Watterson, 256 Pages (September 1999) $22.95
• Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egypt R. T. Rundle Clark (May 1991) $15.25
• The Neteru of Kemet : An Introduction Tamara Siuda-Legan, 80 Pages (July 1997) $9.95
• Religion in Ancient Egypt : Gods, Myths, and Personal Practice Byron E. Shafer, 217 Pages (July 1991) $15.95

Relating to Modern Spiritualism

• Egyptian Myths and Mysteries Rudolf Steiner, 151 Pages (December 1990) $13.45
• Feasts of Light : Celebrations for the for the Seasons of Life Based on the Egyptian Goddess Mysteries Normandi Ellis, 192 Pages (May 1999) $18.36
• The Opening of the Way : A Practifull Guide to the Wisdom Teaching of Ancient Egypt Isha Schwaller De Lubicz (September 1995) $13.45

Temples

• Temples of Ancient Egypt Dieter Arnold, 352 Pages (December 1997) $42.50
• Temples of the Last Pharaohs Dieter Arnold, 366 Pages (October 1999) $50.00

Specific Gods, and Near Gods

• The Egyptian Hermes Garth Fowden, 272 Pages (June 1993) $17.05
• Hathor Rising : The Power of the Goddess in Ancient Egypt Alison Roberts, 192 Pages (June 1997) $17.95
• Isis in the Ancient World R. E. Witt, 336 Pages (June 1997) $17.95
• Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection E. A. Wallis Budge, 2 Pages (June 1973) $9.85

Mummies

• Ancient Faces : Mummy Portraits in Roman Egypt Susan Walker, 176 Pages (February 2000) $44.00
• Egyptian Mummies : Unraveling the Secrets of an Ancient Art Bob Brier (March 1996) $13.50
• Egyptian Mummies Carol Andrews, 72 Pages (June 1984) $14.50
• Mummies, Myth and Magic in Ancient Egypt Christine El Mahdy (April 1991) $15.25
• The Mummy : A Handbook of Egyptian Funerary Archaeology Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge, 513 Pages (April 1989) $11.65
• Mummy in Ancient Egypt : Equipping the Dead for Eternity Salima Ikram, 352 Pages (June 1998) $36.00
• Wrapped for Eternity : The Story of the Egyptian Mummy Mildred Mastin Pace, 192 Pages (June 1998) $9.85

Other Specific Topics

• Freemasonry of the Ancient Egyptians Manly Palmer, 162 Pages (January 1999) $16.95
• The Great Goddesses of Egypt Barbara S. Lesko, 336 Pages (November 1999) $17.95
• Religion in Roman Egypt David Frankfurter, 336 Pages (August 1998) $55.00
• Remembering Osiris: Number, Gender, and the World in Ancient Egyptian Representational Systems Tom Hare, 336 Pages (July 1999) $17.95
• Symbol & Magic in Egyptian Art Richard H. WIlkinson, 224 Pages (March 1999) $17.05

Recommended Books on Ancient Art & Crafts

• Amulets of Ancient Egypt Carol Andrews, 112 Pages (August 1994) $17.56
• Ancient Egypt (Sacred Symbols) Thames and Hudson, 1 Pages (November 1995) $9.00
• Egyptian Sculpture: Cairo and Luxor Edna R. Russman, 230 Pages (October 1989) $50.00
• The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt William Stevenson Smith, 288 Pages (March 1999) $35.00
• The Art of Ancient Egypt (The Art Of) David Sandison, 96 Pages (May 1997) $17.60
• Atlas of Egyptian Art Prisse D'Avennes, 167 Pages (October 1997) $34.50
• Catalogue of Egyptian Art : The Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art, 568 Pages (September 1999) $60.00
• Egyptian Art (Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks) Eleni Vassilika, 139 Pages (July 1995) $17.95
• Egyptian Designs (Dover Pictorial Archive) Carol Belanger Grafton, 43 Pages (October 1993) $5.35
• Gifts of the Nile : Ancient Egyptian Faience Florence Dunn Friedman, 288 Pages (May 1998) $75.00
• Gold of the Pharaohs Hans Wolfgang Muller, 256 Pages (October 1999) $48.00
• Historic Ornament : A Pictorial Archive C. B. Griesbach, 280 Pages (August 1976) $14.35
• The Mysterious Fayum Portraits : Faces from Ancient Egypt Euphrosyne Doxiadis (October 1995) $68.00
• Searching for Ancient Egypt : Art, Architecture, and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 300 Pages (December 1997) $60.00
• Splendors of Ancient Egypt William H. Peck, 88 Pages (February 1998) $13.45

Recommended Books on Specific Pharaohs and Kings

• Akhenaten Donald B. Redford, 288 Pages (October 1987) $21.56
• Akhenaten : King of Egypt Cyril Aldred (May 1991) $19.96
• Akhenaten and the Religion of Light Erik Hornung, 160 Pages (November 1999) $23.96
• Akhenaten's Egypt Angela P. Thomas, 68 Pages (March 1999) $9.45
• Amenhotep III : Perspectives on His Reign David B. O'Connor, 380 Pages (July 1998) $47.60
• Chronicle of the Pharaohs : The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt Peter A. Clayton, 224 Pages (December 1994) $23.96
• Cleopatra (Sutton Pocket Biographies) E. E. Rice, 128 Pages (September 1999) $9.95
• Cleopatra : The Life and Death of a Pharaoh (Discoveries) Edith Flamarion, 160 Pages (May 1997) $11.65
• Tut-Ankh-Amen : Living Image of the Lord Moustafa Gadalla, 144 Pages (July 1997) $9.50
• Tutankhamen : Amenism, Atenism and Egyptian Monotheism with Hieroglyphic Texts to Hymns to Amen and Aten E. A. Wallis Budge, 160 Pages (January 1992) $7.15
• Pharaohs of the Sun: Akhenaten, Nefertiti and Tutankhamen Rita E. Freed, 320 Pages (November 1999) $29.99

Historical Maps

• The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt Bill Manley, 144 Pages (January 1997) $15.25

Specific Periods

• When the Pyramids Were Built : Egyptian Art of the Old Kingdom Dorothea Arnold, 144 Pages (September 1999) $28.00
• Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids Guillemette Andreu, 192 Pages (May 1997) $14.95

Specific Alternative Views

• The Eyes of the Sphinx : The Newest of Extraterrestrial Contact in Ancient Egypt Erich Von Daniken, 278 Pages (March 1996) $11.65
• Gods of the Dawn : The Message of the Pyramids and the True Stargate Mystery Peter Lemesurier, 256 Pages (September 1998) $19.96
• The Great Pyramid Decoded Peter Lemesurier (July 1996) $15.25
• The Orion Mystery : Unlocking the Secrets of the Pyramids Robert Bauval (August 1995) $12.60

Historical Fiction

• Akhenaten : Dweller in Truth Naguib Mahfouz, 168 Pages (April 2000) $10.80

Other Misc. Historical Books

• Ancient Egyptian Medicine John F. Nunn, 240 Pages (April 1996) $28.87
• The Hermetica : The Lost Wisdom of the Pharohs Timothy Freke, 159 Pages (March 1999) $12.55
• The Cat in Ancient Egypt Jaromir Malek, 144 Pages (August 1997) $17.05

Egyptian Recipes

• Memories of a Lost Egypt : A Memoir With Recipes Colette Rossant, 176 Pages (March 1999) $16.80

Children

Recommended Travel Books for Kids

• Egypt and the Middle East (Tintin's Travel Diaries) Daniel De Bruycker, 75 Pages, Ages 9-12 (March 1995) $11.95

Recommended Historical Books for Kids

General History

General Topics

• Ancient Civilizations - Egypt Jane Pofahl, Ages 9-12 (January 1993) $6.25
• Ancient Egypt (The Nature Company) George Hart, Ages 9-12 (September 1995) $14.40
• Ancient Egypt : Background and Information, Activities, Projects, Literature links & Poster Ruth Akamine Wassynger, 64 Pages, Ages 9-12 (February 1997) $10.75
• Ancient Egypt (Cultural Atlas for Young People Series) Geraldine Harris, 96 Pages, Ages 9-12 (March 1990) $17.95
• Ancient Egypt (See Through History Series) Judith Crosher, 48 Pages, Ages 9-12 (May 1993)
• Ancient Egypt/Book and Treasure Chest George Hart, 32 Pages, Ages 9-12 (October 1994) $17.95
• Ancient Egyptians and Their Neighbors: An Activity Guide Marian Broida, 144 Pages, Ages 9-12 (November 1999) $15.25
• DK Pockets: Ancient Egypt Scott Steedman, Ages 9-12 (January 1996) $6.25
• Egyptian Dynasties (African Civilizations) Joyce L. Haynes, 64 Pages, Ages 9-12 (April 1999) $18.00
• The Egyptians (Crafts from the Past) Gillian Chapman, 40 Pages, Ages 9-12 (April 2000) $8.95
• Eyewitness: Ancient Egypt (Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Books) George Hart, 64 Pages, Ages 9-12 (June 2000) $14.35
• The Mystery of the Hieroglyphs : The Story of the Rosetta Stone and the Race to Decipher Egyptian Hieroglyphs Carol Donoughue, Ages 9-12, 48 Pages (September 1999) $18.95
• Sightseers - Ancient Egypt : A Guide to Egypt in the Time of the Pharaohs Sally Tagholm, 32 Pages, Ages 9-12 (April 1999) $8.05

Specific Topics

• An Egyptian Pyramid (Inside Story) Jacqueline Morley, 48 Pages, Ages 9-12 (March 1993) $9.85
• The Best Book of Mummies Philip Steele, 32 Pages, Ages 4-8 (September 1998) $11.65
• Cat Mummies Kelly Trumble, Ages 9-12 (August 1996) $14.40
• Cleopatra Diane Stanley, 46 Pages, Ages 9-12 (September 1994) $15.25
• Cleopatra : Goddess of Egypt, Enemy of Rome Polly Schoyer Brooks, 151 Pages (November 1995) $16.89
• Egyptian Pyramid (Watch It Grow) Elizabeth Longley, 24 Pages, Ages 4-8 (June 1997) $9.85
• Gift of the Nile : An Ancient Egyptian Legend) Jan M. Mike, 32 Pages, Ages 9-12 (November 1992) $4.45
• Mummies (All Aboard Reading) Joyce Milton, Ages 4-8 (October 1996) $3.59
• Mummies Made in Egypt Aliki, Ages 4-8 (September 1985) $6.25
• Mysteries of the Pyramids (Mysteries Of) Anne Millard, 40 Pages, Ages 9-12 (October 1995) $6.25
• Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt (Landmark Books) Elizabeth Payne, 192 Pages, Ages 9-12 (August 1998) $5.39
• Pyramid David Macaulay, 80 Pages, Ages 9-12 (September 1975) $16.20
• Pyramids Anne Millard, 64 Pages, Ages 9-12 (April 1996) $14.35
• Pyramids : 50 Hands-On Activities to Experience Ancient Egypt Avery Hart, 96 Pages, Ages 4-8 (August 1997) $9.85

Coloring Books

• Ancient Egypt : A Fact-Filled Coloring Book Peter Der Manuelian, 128 Pages, Ages 4-8 (March 1997) $8.05
• A Coloring Book of Ancient Egypt Ages 4-8 (June 1988) $4.45
• The Prince of Egypt Coloring Art Book Dreamworks, 64 Pages, Ages 4-8 (November 1998) $5.39

Fiction

• Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile Tomie dePaola, 32 Pages, Ages 4-8 (May 1987) $15.29
• I Am the Mummy Heb-Nefert Eve Bunting, 32 Pages, Ages 9-12 (April 1997) $13.50
• Mara, Daughter of the Nile Eloise Jarvis McGraw, 279 Pages, Ages 9-12 (October 1990) $ 5.39
• The Egypt Game Zilpha Keatley Snyder, 215 Pages, Ages 9-12 (January 1986) $5.39
• The Mystery of King Karfu Doug Cushman, 32 Pages, Ages 4-8 (May 1998) $5.35
• The Wadjet Eye Jill Rubalcaba, 160 Pages, Ages 9-12 (April 2000) $13.50

Ancient Religion

• Egyptian Gods and Goddesses Henry Barker, 48 Pages, Ages 4-8 (October 1999)
• Gods and Pharoahs from Egyptian Mythology Geraldine Harris, 128 Pages, Ages 9-12 (October 1993) $16.15

Other Misc. Children's Books on Egypt

• Ultimate Sticker Books: Ancient Egypt Deni Brown, Ages 4-8 (May 1994) $6.25

Books on Specific Areas

Alexandria

• Alexandria : The Sunken City William La Riche (August 1997) $31.96
• Cleopatra's Palace : In Search of a Legend Laura Foreman, 216 Pages (March 1999) $28.00
• Colonial Bridgehead : Government and Society in Alexandria, 1807-1882 Michael J. Reimer, 192 Pages (October 1997) $75.00

Cairo

Cairo Travel Guides

• Lonely Planet Cairo (1st Ed) Andrew Humphreys, 216 Pages (April 1998) $13.45
• Insight Guides Cairo (January 1998) $17.56
• Cairo: The Practical Guide Deborah Cowley, 234 Pages (April 1998) $18.95

Historical Cairo

• Cairo: The City Victorious Max Rodenbeck, 300 Pages (February 2000) $12.60
• Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo Mathaf Al-Misri, 416 Pages (September 1999) $60.00
• Popular Culture in Medieval Cairo (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization) Boaz Shoshan (September 1993) $59.95
• Ritual, Politics, and the City in Fatimid Cairo Paula Sanders, 231 Pages (March 1994) $19.95

Maps

• Cairo (map) (January 1998) $9.95

Fictional

• Palace of Desire (Cairo Trilogy Ii) Naguib Mahfouz, 422 Pages (January 1992) $12.60
• Sugar Street (The Cairo Trilogy, 3) Naguib Mahfouz, January 1993) $11.65
• A Cafe on the Nile Bartle Bull, 466 Pages (December 1998) $26.00
• The Day of Ahmed's Secret Florence Parry Heide, 32 Pages, Ages 4-8 (April 1995) $5.35

Luxor/Thebes

• City of the Dead : Thebes in Egypt Lise Manniche, 150 Pages (September 1987) $34.00
• The Complete Valley of the Kings : Tombs and Treasures of Egypt's Greatest Pharaohs C. N. Reeves (November 1996) $23.96
• The Lost Tomb : This Is His Incredible Story of Kv5 and Its Excavation Kent R. Weeks, 352 Pages (November 1999) $14.40
• Thebes in Egypt : A Guide to the Tombs... Nigel Strudwick, 208 Pages (May 1999) $19.96
• Valley of the Kings (Visiting the Past) Rob Alcraft (January 2000) $24.22

The Sinai

• Sinai : The Site & the History Mursi Saad El Din, 142 Pages (March 1998) $40.00
• An Archaeological Investigation of the Central Sinai, Egypt Frank W. Eddy, 368 Pages (May 1999) $75.00
• The Sinai : A Physical Geography Ned H. Greenwood, 160 Pages (August 1997) $16.95

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