Toby Wilkinson, Author Thames & Hudson $40 (336p) ISBN 978-0-500-05148-1
Sifting through 3000 years of Egyptian history, Wilkinson (Genesis of the Pharaohs) presents detailed portraits of 100 ancient Egyptians, mostly men who comprised the civilization's small, literate ruling class and left their imprint on everything...
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Toby Wilkinson, Random, $35 (656p) ISBN 978-0-553-80553-6
Cambridge University Egyptologist Wilkinson (Lives of the Ancient Egyptians) offers a revisionist view of the ugly life hidden by the splendors and dazzling treasures of pharaonic Egypt. He shows in rich detail that it was a brutal society where...
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Toby Wilkinson. Norton, $30 (512p) ISBN 978-1-324-00689-3
Historian Wilkinson (The Nile) revisits the whirlwind of archaeological discoveries made in the Nile Valley between the 1822 decoding of the Rosetta Stone and the 1922 unearthing of King Tutankhamun’s tomb, in this meticulous and vibrant account. He
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Toby Wilkinson. Norton, $37.50 (496p) ISBN 978-0-393-53170-1
Egyptologist Wilkinson (A World Beneath the Sands) brings ancient Egypt to life with a detailed examination of 100 items from Tutankhamun’s tomb. Timed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Howard Carter’s excavation of the tomb, which ignited...
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