"From powerful Ra, God of Radiance, to the tender and protective Aset, Devoted Wife and Mother, the captivating tales in this stunning volume will excite and delight readers many years to come" --

Regarded by many as the first major historian, Herodotus was a Greek scholar and traveler who set down his impressions of foreign countries and his analysis of wars and other significant events in a relatively straightforward, journalistic manner. This volume contains Herodotus' views on Egypt. For centuries, some of the the author's claims about Egypt were regarded as far-fetched, but evidence has recently come to light that supports some of his...

Enlil-Zeus and his son Ninurta-Apollo are reigning in the New World Order! How are World Leaders and the Pope involved? This book will shake the foundations of your belief system The NWO is tearing down sovereign nations and establishing a universal governing council right before our very eyes Will the Enkiites thwart Enlil's NWO? Former Canadian Defense Minister, Paul Hellyer testifies to U S Congress, upwards of 20 Alien Species operating on Earth...

Dates form the backbone of written history. But where do these dates come from? Many different calendars were used in the ancient world. Some of these calendars were based upon observations or calculations of regular astronomical phenomena, such as the first sighting of the new moon crescent that defined the beginning of the month in many calendars, while others incorporated schematic simplifications of these phenomena, such as the 360-day year used...

Syria (which in its historical wider sense includes modern Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine and Jordan) has always been at the centre of events of world importance. It was in this region that pastoral-stock rearing, settled agriculture and alphabetic writing were invented (and the dog domesticated). From Syria, Phoenician explorers set out to explore the whole Mediterranean region and sailed round Africa 2,000 years before Vasco de Gama. These are...

Marc Van De Mieroop is professor of history at Columbia University. His books include The Ancient Mesopotamian City, King Hammurabi of Babylon, A History of the Ancient Near East, The Eastern Mediterranean in the Age of Ramesses II, and A History of Ancient Egypt. There is a growing recognition that philosophy isn't unique to the West, that it didn't begin only with the classical Greeks, and that Greek philosophy was influenced by Near Eastern traditions....

The Old Kingdom of Egypt (circa 2613-2181 BC) is otherwise called the 'Age of the Pyramids' or 'Age of the Pyramid Builders' as it incorporated the great fourth Dynasty when King Sneferu idealized the craft of pyramid building, and the pyramids of Giza were developed under the rulers Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure. The verifiable records of this period, the fourth, sixth Dynasties of Egypt, are scant, and antiquarians respect the historical backdrop...

This early work by the British archaeologist, Flinders Petrie, was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Athribis' is a scholarly study on ancient Egypt and archaeological findings. William Matthew Flinders Petrie was born on 3rd July 1853 in Kent, England, son of Wlilliam Petrie and Ann née Flinders. He showed an early interest in the field of archaeology and by his...

Le récit du marin naufragé est la plus ancienne histoire connue d'un marin naufragé et, en tant que tel, il est le précurseur de nombreux récits d'aventures nautiques rencontrant d'étranges créatures magiques, de l'Odyssée d'Homère à Sinbad le Marin. Dans un sens plus large, il est généralement considéré comme la plus ancienne œuvre de fiction égyptienne à avoir survécu jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Un seul exemplaire a été retrouvé à...

The very essence of the noble and heroic in human society is the protection of, and devotion to one's "tribe." But when the actions undertaken in this effort bring into doubt the survival of civilization, the survival of humanity itself, or indeed the biological well-being of the Earth-surely then we have crossed some line. Given our tribal nature, this line is one that we have neither been designed to recognize nor have evolved to confront. A pressing...