Egypt and The New Kingdom 1558-1069 B.C.

[Spiritus Naturae]

Any budding Egyptologists out there? I am looking for some respectable literature on the New Kingdom.

Any recommendations?

Jonathan

[TheOneAndOnly]

I've read Egypt's Golden Empire which was pretty good. It's not really scholarly work though, it's based on a TV documentary series.
link http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm/ID/32753//Location/Oxbow

At least it doesn't bore you to death with "Such-and-such archeologist dug up a gold trinket in sme desert" sort of stuff.

I've read some of Nicolas Grimal's "History of Ancient Egypt" (English translation, naturally), which is scholarly and covers Old, Middle and New Kingdoms.

[learning]

If you go to www.greenleafpress.com/ and look under the catalogue section, and look under their Chronological history, there are books they recommend for the study of Egypt, which are some by Usborne books, some are by other companies. The best thing I have found is the Usborne 'World History Timeline', as it shows what is going on in all the continents- countries at the same time. Although they are for elementary or highschool kids, I have learned a lot from them. The 'Usborne EgyptianTimeTraveller' is good, and 'Tut's Mummy' is good as well. For an overview of History, the Kingfisher History book is supposed to be great, though I've never seen it.

If you go to the www.welltrainedmind.com and check out their history for older highschool kids in their 'hand outs' section, they mention all of the better, older history books for the different ages.

[learning]

Here's a list of books from a Homeschooling catalogue that has to do with Egypt, and most of these are from secular companies, but christian homeschoolers use them.
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt
Pyramid, by David Macaulay
Pharaohs and Pyramids, by Usborne books (The Usborne Time Traveler)
Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt, by Landmark books
Mummies Made in Egypt, by Aliki
Tut's Mummy (A Step Into Reading Book, grades 3-4, but very informative of discovery of Tut's Mummy)
The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia

Here are some historical novels that are supposed to be related to Egypt
god King, by Bethlehem books, ages 10 and up
The Cat of Bubastes, A tale of Ancient Egypt, by G.A. Henty
Tales of Ancient Egypt, by Roger Lancelyn Green
Shadow Hawk, by Andre Norton from Bethlehem books
The Golden Goblet, bye E.J. McGraw
Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile (The Royal Diaries) ages 10-14
Mara, Daughter of the Nile by E.J. McGraw ages 11-14
The Story of the Amulet, by E. Nesbit

If you wish to read up more about these, look up www.morethanbooks.ca where I found these in their catalogue, but she has the description online there as well.

[Socrates]

Watch out for secular archaeology, tied as it is to the inflated Manethoan chronology of Egypt. There is an interesting article ‘The Egyptian Problem (ftp://entrewave.com/freebooks/docs/a_pdfs/newslet/jordan/9401.pdf)’ (PDF) by James Jordan that argues that Egyptian chronology should be shortened by centuries. The biblical chronology should always take precendence over secular ones.

[Spiritus Naturae]

Hey, if anyone else wants to add any referrals to information sources, publishers etc. in regards to Egypt and it's various Kingdoms and Dynasties please feel fre to post them in this thread.

It can be like 'one stop shopping' for budding Egyptologists. :wink:

[ChrisChillin]

One work to keep in mind is Pharaoh Triumphant: The Life and Times of Rameses II by K.A. Kitchen