I will admit I speed-read a lot of this, looking for key words and stopping and reading in detail every now and then. It was just too much book, and the style did not gel with me very well. Still, a fascinating topic, and after reading it had much to think on, re: my fascination with Ancient Egyptian culture. Still, I did make it genuinely through about the first 350 pages or so, before realizing I would be reading it forever if I did that. […]
4,500 years of ancient history.
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson