John Romer has been working in Egypt since 1966 in key archaeological sites, including Karnak and Medinet Habu. He initiated conservation studies In the Valley of the Kings and led the Brooklyn Museum expedition to excavate the tomb of Ramesses XI. He has written and presented a number of television series, including Romer's Egypt, Ancient Lives, Testament and Byzantium. His major books include The Great Pyramid: Ancient Egypt Revisited and Valley of the Kings. He lives in Italy.
Scholarly, passionate and exquisitely written ... a stunning,
clear-sighted history of ancient Egypt
*Sunday Times*
It is not easy to enliven prehistory while simultaneously
respecting limited archaeological evidence and avoiding novelistic
pitfalls. But Romer manages it ... After a long wait, we have an
up-to-date, stimulating account of the birth of what may turn out
to be the world's oldest civilization
*Nature*
His physical descriptions are superb ... a book to be read and
thought about
*Financial Times*
Romer carries the reader along effortlessly on a lengthy, complex
yet immensely satisfying journey
*BBC History*
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