Come on a trip to Barnes & Noble with me (one of my favorite places) to look for Ancient Egypt books!
I always head to the ancient Egypt ๐๐ ๐๐ books section and the Star Wars section when I go book ๐ ๐๐๐ shopping!
I was so surprised to see the hieroglyphs book at Barnes & Noble because I have never seen it there before ๐น๐๐ช! That book is always my number one recommendation for people that want to learn to read hieroglyphs ๐น๐๐ช! I also went to my other favorite section – the Star Wars section! I love reading Star Wars books and I am a huge fan!
Itโs time for another book ๐ ๐๐๐ review!
This book ๐ ๐๐๐ on Hatshepsut ๐๐ ๐๐น๐๐๐๐ผ๐ช is one of my absolute favorites that I have in my collection! My Nonno brought it for me in 2006 when we went to the โHatshepsut From Queen to Pharaohโ exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art! The book not only details the exhibition, but gives a lot of information about Hatshepsut ๐๐ ๐๐น๐๐๐๐ผ๐ช!
The MET has a beautiful ๐ค collection of artifacts from Hatshepsutโs ๐๐ ๐๐น๐๐๐๐ผ๐ช reign, and this book does an incredible job of highlighting these important objects.
While the book is out of print, you can get it used online or you can get it as a PDF from the Metropolitan Museum of Arts Publications website! The MET has a great program that provides free PDFs for their out of print books! I have gotten amazing books through their program – you should check it out!
I hope you enjoy and love this book as much as I do!
Hi ๐๐๐ everyone! Iโm back with another book ๐ ๐๐๐ recommendation! These are four ๐ฝ hieroglyphic ๐น๐๐ช dictionaries that I really like and use all the time! I would definitely recommend these dictionaries if youโre studying hieroglyphs ๐น๐๐ช!
The two ๐ป dictionaries by Bill Petty are easy to get because they are still in print, however, the Budge dictionaries are old and youโll probably have to get them second hand! My Nonno gave me the Budge dictionaries over 20 ๐๐ years ago and whatโs wild is they were old books 20 ๐๐ years ago!
Thank you ๐ด๐๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ข to my friend ๐๐๐๐ @elianubis for sending me this beautiful ๐ค shirt as a gift! I love it!!ย
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This book was essential to me learning hieroglyphics ๐น๐๐ช as a child. My Nonno gave me this book – it was his long before it was mine. I loved the cover because Anubis ๐๐๐ช๐ ฑ๐ข was on it (and he’s my favorite), but what I didn’t know was how much this book was going to teach me.
I will be very honest – I never sat down and intensely studied Egyptian grammar. I never really learned too much Coptic either. I used this book to learn the relationships between symbols and Egyptian words/phrases and it kind of just โclickedโ for me. The Book of the Dead is very repetitive, which is very helpful when learning. I also have many other books on reading hieroglyphics ๐น๐๐ช which were extremely helpful, but this book was probably the best one.
In my opinion, you can sit down and study vocabulary all you want, but unless you are actively engaging in the material and reading real Egyptian texts, you aren’t going to learn. I still use this book as a reference very often!
I also have a book ๐ ๐๐๐ that is the complete Papyrus of Ani ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐๐ in pictures ๐๐ ฑ๐, and I would use both books side by side so I could actually see the real papyrus ๐ ๐๐๐ as I was reading and learning the symbols.
If you want to learn hieroglyphics ๐น๐๐ช, diving right into Egyptian religious text is the best way to do it (in my opinion – remember, I am completely self taught)!
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Hi ๐๐๐ everyone! Today ๐๐๐๐ณ I am here with two ๐ป book recommendations if you want to learn to read hieroglyphs ๐น๐๐ช too! The first book is โHieroglyphs for Complete Beginnersโ by Bill Manley and the second book is โHow to Read Egyptianโ by Mark Collier and Bill Manley!
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My friends over at Dover Publications were kind enough to send me this book โThe Gods of the Egyptiansโ by Budge for me to read and review! This book was gifted to me!
My Nonno had a lot of Budgeโs books, so I kind of grew up with them! I had never read this one though, so I was very excited to dive in!
This book starts off with a deep look into the complex Egyptian religion and includes sections on the Nomes, Duat, and even a look at the Pyramid Texts! Then there are chapters on Ra, Hathor, Thoth and Maat, Horus, and then the Memphis Triad of Ptah, Sekhmet and Nefertem/Imhotep. You all know how much I love Imhotep, so this was such a great read! Many of the other deities ๐น๐น๐น are mentioned through the chapters too, because they have relations to the ones listed above.
My favorite aspect of the book is that it contains full transliterations and translation of two Egyptian myths: โThe Legend of Ra and Isisโ and โThe Destruction of Mankind.โ There are also other translations of parts of myths like this throughout the chapters.
I think this is one of the best ways for beginners to learn hieroglyphs! By practicing with reading actual Egyptian literature, you get familiar with the language and grammar without actually studying it! This is mainly how I learned, and I really enjoyed reading through the myths this way!
If you want to take a deep dive into Egyptian mythology and learn hieroglyphs along the way, I would definitely recommend this book! I am also definitely going to get Part 2! You guys can also order this off of Doverโs website. Happy Reading ๐
I got this book on my last trip to the MET – when I saw it I knew that I needed to have it!!! I have always been obsessed with the Egyptian ๐๐๐๐ mummies ๐๐น๐ ฑ๐พ๐ช- even as a small child, pictures of the mummies didnโt scare me, they fascinated me. One of the first books my Nonno ever gave me was called โFaces of the Pharaohs,โ and it had so many pictures of the royal mummies in it. I was completely hooked after Nonno gave me that book.
This book ๐ ๐๐๐ is unique because it combines two of my favorite things: Egyptian history and science. Though I am not a biologist/in the medical field, I have quite the interest in mummies ๐๐น๐ ฑ๐พ๐ช and the science behind studying them.
I love how this book ๐ ๐๐๐ was organized, and how each royal mummy ๐๐น๐ ฑ๐พ was given their time to shine. The descriptions of the CT scans were detailed and descriptive (though they may be too much for someone without a science background). The book contains many pictures ๐๐ ฑ๐๐ฆ, which I thought were fascinating. There was a whole chapter on Hatshepsutโs ๐๐ ๐๐น๐๐๐๐ผ๐ช mummy, which of course was my favorite part of the book! The amount of detective work and teamwork that goes into studying the mummies ๐๐น๐ ฑ๐พ๐ช is incredible, and I have so much respect for those who want to study, preserve, and respect ๐๐๐ the mummies ๐๐น๐ ฑ๐พ๐ช.
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I havenโt done a book review in a long time and I really loved this book called โAncient Egyptโ by Campbell Price. This book is part of the Pocket Museum book series by Thames & Hudson!ย
When I was at the MET in September, I of course had to stop at the gift shop and look at the books! This was a new book, and I of course gravitated towards it because my absolute favorite statue (White Limestone Statue of Hatshepsut) was on the cover!
Inside the book are short descriptions and pictures of over 200 of the most significant ancient Egyptian artifacts from museums across the world. This was so fun to go through because while I have been to the MET, British Museum, Louvre, Vatican, Petrie and Brooklyn Museums, it was truly wonderful to see objects from museums I have not been to!
I like how the book is set up with each page having a clear picture of the object and a short description of it. I feel like this setup makes the book accessible to people of most age groups (probably 10+ if your kid is a strong reader) and different reading levels.
I also like how the objects are divided up chronologically because it allows the reader to see the transformation of Egyptian art through time. Each time period is also given a brief yet informative introduction, and there is a handy glossary at the back for those who are just starting their journey into studying Egyptian art!
This is a book that I would 100% recommend! I really loved it, and it is one I will continue to look back to for reference and for fun!
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“The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt” was one of my best book purchases of 2020! I have only just been able to read through most of it, and this is probably one of the most complete books that I have in regards to the Egyptian pantheon. I love how the book was organized, and how it also paid attention to the lesser known gods๐น๐น๐น and goddesses๐น๐๐ช in Egypt ๐๐ ๐๐. The pictures were also spectacular and really added value to the text by only emphasizing the written words.
I have learned quite a few things from this book, and it is one I definitely recommend if you are interested in Egyptian mythology and religion. I wish I had gotten this book sooner – I got it on a trip to the MET in September 2020. I’m the type of person that likes to see my books before I purchase them, which is why I hadn’t gotten the book sooner.
I actually brought this book with money my Nonno had given me, so it still felt like he was the one that brought it for me โค๏ธ.
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I got this book, โKing Tut: The Journey Through The Underworld,โ at the MET gift shop on my birthday this year (thanks Mom and Dad ๐) and to say I absolutely loved it is an understatement!
I almost didnโt get the book because โKing Tutโ was in the title and his mask was on the cover! And thatโs not because I donโt love King Tut – I absolutely love Tutankhamunโs story, the story of his tomb, etc! I already have so many books specifically about Tutankhamun that I didnโt need another one!! Iโm thankful my Mom pointed this one out to me and told me to just skim through it because she wanted to buy it for me! It is now one of my favorite books that I own!
First off, this book is absolutely gorgeous. The photographs are spectacular! While โKing Tutโ is in the title, the book isnโt just focused on him or his tomb (although the picture focused on him are incredible in their own right) – there are photographs from many different Egyptian tombs, temples, and artifacts from across Egyptโs history.
Secondly, I love how the book is organized into chapters that go in the exact order a person would go through on their journey to the afterlife. The text has the beautiful pictures to demonstrate the journey to the reader and makes this central aspect of the ancient Egyptian religion/culture come alive. This book is also wonderful for people like me who have read about this subject for years, but also for people who are just starting to learn.
While this book is definitely geared more towards adults, the photographs can be enjoyed by Egyptologists of all ages! I know I would have loved this book as a kid because of the photographs and how the journey to the afterlife was divided into chapters (I read at a high level as a kid, but the reading level of this book is more like 9th grade and up).
Overall, I think this is a fantastic book and something I would definitely recommend if you are interested in ancient Egyptian funerary beliefs! Also, if you enjoyed Moon Knight and want to learn more about the actual Egyptian afterlife, this would be a great supplemental read!
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