Jean-Francois Champollion is the founding father of Egyptology. Dr Joyce Tyldesley is Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Manchester and acclaimed author of Egypt. She lives in Lancashire. Peter A. Clayton, is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquities of London, Honorary Member of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, who has lectured widely in major museums and universities on Egyptology, archaeology. He wrote bestseller Chronicle of the Pharaohs translated in 15 languages and was managing editor of the British Museum Publications, as well as book reviews editor of The International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeology and Minerva. Martin Rynja is a publisher in London and previously translated Afghanistan by Chris Steel-Perkins.
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For the first time in English.... On almost every page, he records his amazement at what he saw.
Professor John Ray, The Times
His enthusiasm is infectious: here is someone whose lifelong wish is coming true.
Sunday Times
Burn with the passion that he dedicated his life to.
Guardian
[V]ivid, penetrating and often entertaining descriptions.
Times Higher Education Supplement
A wealth of observation.
Egyptian Archaeology
Ebullient.
History Today