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RECOMMENDED BOOKS - ** = recommended first

Travel Guides - Ancient Egypt - Art, Symbols, Hieroglyphics and Gods & Goddesses

To get started, we recommend getting a good travel guide. This will give you some of the basics and will give you an idea about what you might like to learn more about.

TRAVEL GUIDES:
**Egypt by Robert Morkot. WW. Norton & Co. ISBN 962-217-654-2. Handy size, filled with information about the ancient sites, as well as life in modern Egypt. Lots of good diagrams and terrific pictures.

Eyewitness Travel Guides: EGYPT. DK Publishing. www.dk.com. ISBN 0-7894-9718-2.
Loaded with descriptive pictures and diagrams. "The guides that show you what others only tell you."

The Traveler’s Key to Ancient Egypt by John Anthony West. Quest Books. ISBN 0-8356-0724-0. This book is just loaded with information. Gives ideas about what could be the symbolic meanings of the architecture. In a light, readable, but erudite, style.

Egypt Handbook by Kathy Hansen. Moon Publications, Inc. A very nicely organized book. Lots of good diagrams and comparison carts (ex’s: the different types of columns and capitols, a kings list with cartouches, hieroglyphic sign list). Written in an easy-to-read, concise manner. Lots of subheadings in bold make it easy to find information.

EGYPT, Cadogan Guides. Author: Michael Haag. Includes quotes from earlier writers and historical references that can be interesting. Traditional interpretations. Quite detailed. Some good diagrams and charts.

EGYPT, Lonely Planet. Authors: Humphreys, Jenkins, Logan, Cole and Simonis. A lot of good practical information. Nicely arranged with good maps, although the prices given are often very much outdated.

NOTE: I would not bother buying the Fodor’s Guide, as it has very little information about the sights themselves. Their emphasis is on describing the different hotels and restaurants.

ANCIENT EGYPT:

**Precious Egypt by Matthias Seidel & Regine Schultz.

**The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt edited by Ian Shaw. Oxford University Press.

A Dictionary of ANCIENT EGYPT by Margaret Bunson. Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN 0-19-509989-3

Atlas of Ancient Egypt by John Baines and Jaromir Malek. Facts on File, Inc.

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt by Bill Manley. Penguin Books.

The Great Pyramid: Ancient Egypt Revisited by John Romer. Cambridge University Press.

The Complete Pyramids by Mark Lehner. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05084-8

Ancient Egypt by Lorna Oakes and Lucia Gahlin. Hermes House, London and New York.

The World of the Pharaohs – A Complete Guide to Ancient Egypt by Christine Hobson. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-27560-2.

ART, SYMBOLS, HIEROGLYPHICS and GODS & GODDESSES:

**Understanding Hieroglyphs by Hilary Wilson. Passport Books. ISBN 0-8442-4604-2. Also contains a wealth of information about the history and culture.

**Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Practical Guide by Janice Kamrin.

Hieroglyphs Without Mystery by Karl-Theodor Zauzich. Translated to English by Ann Macy Roth. Univ. of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-79804-0 (pbk.)

How to read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Step-by-Step Guide to teach Yourself by Mark Collier & Bill Manley. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21597-4

** The Complete Gods & Goddesses of Ancient Egypt by Richard Wilkinson.

An Illustrated Dictionary of the GODS AND SYMBOLS OF ANCIENT EGYPT by Manfred Lurker. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-27253-0

A Dictionary of EGYPTIAN GODS AND GODDESSES by George Hart. Routledge.

**Reading Egyptian Art: A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Egyptian Painting & Sculpture by Richard H. Wilkinson. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-27751-6

Symbol & Magic in Egyptian Art by Richard H. Wilkinson. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-23663-1.

Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egypt by R.T. Rundle Clark. Thames and Hudson. Lib of C # 77-92262.

Egyptian Mysteries: New Light on Ancient Knowledge by Lucie Lamy. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-81024-9

ESOTERIC, METAPHYSICAL WRITINGS about Egypt. Contact Ruth for suggestions.