From the dawn of history to the death of Cleopatra, ancient Egypt was home to larger-than-life personalities. Across one hundred lives, Toby Wilkinson explores the true character and diversity of human experience in the ancient world’s greatest civilization. Some of those profiled are famous: pharaohs and queens such as Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Ramesses II and Tiye. Others are lesser known but equally engaging: Imhotep, architect of the first pyramid; Perniankhu, the court dwarf; and the royal sculptor Bak. Equally illuminating are the lives of commoners, so rarely given their own voice: ordinary men and women who include a doctor, a dentist, a housewife, a musician – and a serial criminal.
| ISBN: | 9780500294802 |
| Publication date: | 8th August 2019 |
| Author: | Toby Wilkinson |
| Publisher: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 304 pages |
| Genres: |
Ancient history |