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Books
Life in Ancient Egypt by Eugen Strouhal (Cambridge University Press, 1992)
Ancient Egypt by TGH James (BM Press, 1988)
Egypt by Vivian Davies and Renee Friedman (BM Press, 1998)
The Royal Women of Amarna: Images of Beauty from Ancient Egypt by Dorothea Arnold (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996)
Pharaohs of the Sun: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamun edited by Rita Freed, Yvonne Markowitz and Sue D'Auria (Museum of Fine Arts, 1999)
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt edited by I Shaw (Oxford, 2000)
Places to visit
The British Museum. Great Russell Street, London. Tel: 0207 323 8299. The British Museum is free to everybody and opens at 10am every day.
The Egyptian Museum. Maydan El Tahrir, Cairo. Tel: +20-2-5742681. The Egyptian Museum in Cairo houses the world's largest collection of Egyptian artefacts.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, 10028-0198. Tel: 212-535-7710. A varied collection from Egypt, consisting of around 36,000 objects dating from the Palaeolithic to the Roman period.
Copyright
- Image 1: The Ancient Egypt Picture Library: 6 Branden Drive, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8EJ Incorporating over 15,000 photographs of Egypt, concentrating mainly on the ancient sites, but also including many scenes of life along the banks of the river Nile today.
- Image 2: Photographer: Andrea Jemolo - Corbis Photographic Archive: Provides contemporary and archival photography, fine art, illustrations, cartoons and footage.
- Image 3: Photographer: Dagli Orti - The Art Archive: Concentrating on fine art, history and civilisations, specialist areas include archaeology, militaria, music and theatre.
- Image 4: The Egyptian Museum: Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt - The museum exhibits over 120 000 objects, including mummies and artifacts from tombs and royal palaces.
- Image 5: The Ancient Egypt Picture Library: 6 Branden Drive, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8EJ Incorporating over 15,000 photographs of Egypt, concentrating mainly on the ancient sites, but also including many scenes of life along the banks of the river Nile today.
- Image 6: Photographer: Dagli Orti - The Art Archive: Concentrating on fine art, history and civilizations, specialist areas include archaeology, militaria, music and theatre.
- Image 7: Photographer: Dagli Orti - Egyptian Museum Turin - The Art Archive: Concentrating on fine art, history and civilizations, specialist areas include archaeology, militaria, music and theatre.
- Image 8: The Ancient Egypt Picture Library: 6 Branden Drive, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8EJ Incorporating over 15,000 photographs of Egypt, concentrating mainly on the ancient sites, but also including many scenes of life along the banks of the river Nile today.
- Image 9: Photographer: Dagli Orti - The Art Archive: Concentrating on fine art, history and civilizations, specialist areas include archaeology, militaria, music and theatre.
- Image 10: Photographer: Dagli Orti - The Art Archive: Concentrating on fine art, history and civilizations, specialist areas include archaeology, militaria, music and theatre.
About the author
Michael Wood is the writer and presenter of many critically acclaimed television series, including In the Footsteps of...series. Born and educated in Manchester, Michael did postgraduate research on Anglo-Saxon history at Oxford. Since then he has made over 60 documentary films and written several best selling books. His films have centred on history, but have also included travel, politics and cultural history.
