This essential handbook on ancient Egypt - both a highly readable popular history and a unique work of reference - is now available in paperback.

Author Biography

Peter A. Clayton is an Egyptologist, archaeologist and numismatist who has excavated at sites in England and Egypt. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, heads a number of archaeological societies, and is an Honorary Member of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. He edits Minerva: The International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeology, and is the author of many articles and several books on Egypt, including the widely praised Rediscovery of Ancient Egypt.