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1	Mara, Daughter of the Nile more books like this by Eloise McGraw add to wishlist The adventures of an ingenious Egyptian slave girl who undertakes a dangerous assignment as a spy in the royal palace of Thebes, in the days when Queen Hatshepsut ruled. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.16! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Stairway to Heaven more books like this by Zecharia Sitchin add to wishlist Since earliest times, human beings have pondered the incomprehensible questions of the universe, life and the afterlife. Where did mortal man go to join the immortal Gods? Was the immense and complex structure at Giza an Egyptian Pharaoh's portal to immortality? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.92! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: A Jewish Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World more books like this by Lucette Lagnado add to wishlist In vivid and graceful prose, Lucette Lagnado re-creates the majesty and cosmopolitan glamour of Cairo in the years between World War II and Gamal Abdel Nasser's rise to power. Her father, Leon, was a boulevardier who conducted business on the elegant terrace of Shepheard's Hotel, and later, in the cozy, dark bar of the Nile Hilton, dressed in his ... see all copies from $5.83! new only from $7.43! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Gnostic Gospels more books like this by Elaine Pagels add to wishlist Pagels, a noted authority of religion, examines what impact Gnosticism could have had on Christianity had it not been labelled heretical by the early church fathers. THE GNOSTIC GOSPELS offers up insights from this obscure branch of Christianity, offering synopses of these documents that purport to reveal new insights into Jesus's life, his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.14! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Seventh scroll more books like this by Wilbur Smith add to wishlist The seventh scroll is nearly 4000 years old. Within it lies the clues to a treasure from an almost forgotten time. Duraid Al Simmu and his wife, Royan, were the first to discover the scrolls. When Duraid is murdered, Royan seeks refuge in England but she must find the courage to return to Ethiopia. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.05! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Tales of Ancient Egypt more books like this by Roger Lancelyn Green add to wishlist These stories include the great myths - of Amen-Ra, who created all the creatures in the world; of Isis, searching the waters for her dead husband Osiris; of the Bennu Bird and the Book of Thoth. But there are also tales told for pleasure about magic, treasure and adventure - even the first ever Cinderella story. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society more books like this by Janet L Abu-Lughod add to wishlist A beautifully-written--almost poetic--ethnography of the Bedouins in Egypt as well as a study of gender relations through analysis of their oral lyric poetry. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.04! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Egypt Game more books like this by Zilpha Keatley Snyder add to wishlist The A-Z Antique Shop is a shabby store run by a taciturn older man known as the Professor. The shop's abandoned storage yard features a few curios and soon draws the attention of 11-year-old April Hall, her friend Melanie Ross, and Melanie's younger brother, Marshall. Inspired by their mutual love of Egypt, April and Melanie turn the storage yard ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.29! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	He Shall Thunder in the Sky more books like this by Elizabeth Peters add to wishlist In this series adventure, brilliant archaeologist Amelia Peabody and family return to Cairo just as World War I is breaking out. Amelia and her husband, Emerson, dive into another archeological excursion, during which they have their fair share of confrontation with Amelia's arch nemesis, Sethos. Meanwhile, her son, Ramses, is finding love in this ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt more books like this by G A Henty add to wishlist Enslaved by a conquering army, the young prince Amuba finds friendship in the house of an Egyptian high priest, where he acts as a companion to the priest's son Chebron. The entire household plunges into peril when Chebron accidentally kills the sacred cat of the great temple at Bubastes--a riot ensues, and the boys are forced to flee. Set in 1250 ... see all copies from $2.91! new only from $3.81! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Serpent on the Crown more books like this by Elizabeth Peters add to wishlist In 1922, Amelia Peabody and her family are at an archaeological dig in the Valley of the Kings when writer Magda Petherick arrives and gives Amelia's Egyptologist husband Radcliffe Emerson a small gold statue. The statue, Magda says, bears a curse, a curse which she believes has already struck down her husband. While the Emersons attempt to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Yacoubian Building more books like this by Alaa Al Aswany, Humphrey Davies (Translator) add to wishlist The Yacoubian Building holds all that Egypt was and has become over the 75 years since its namesake was built on one of downtown Cairo's main boulevards. From the pious son of the building's doorkeeper and the raucous, impoverished squatters on its roof, via the tattered aristocrat and the gay intellectual in its apartments, to the ruthless ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Egyptian Book of the Dead more books like this by Professor E A Wallis Budge (Translator) add to wishlist The collections of charms, formulas, hymns and spells designed to accompany the dead of Ancient Egypt on their journey to the afterlife have always exerted a powerful fascination on modern generations. Written on papyrus, inscribed on the walls of tombs and sarcophagi, or engraved on amulets, these texts with their vignette illustrations give us ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.23! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Last Secret of the Temple more books like this by Paul Sussman add to wishlist When the body of hotel owner Piet Jansen is discovered amid the ruins of an archaeological site by the Nile, it looks like a routine investigation for Inspector Yusuf Khalifa. But the more he learns about Jansen, the more he is reminded of the brutal murder, some years earlier, of an Israeli woman at Karnak for which he always suspected the wrong ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.44! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Message of the Sphinx: A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind more books like this by Graham Hancock, Robert Bauval add to wishlist The authors posit that the Sphinx and the other monuments of the necropolis at Giza are actually an analog of the constellations as they appeared in the year 10,500 B.C.E., thus making these structures three times as old as they are commonly believed to be. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	River God more books like this by Wilbur Smith add to wishlist Set in ancient Egypt. The Valley of the Kings lies ravaged by war, drained of it's lifeblood, weak men inherit the crown. Through the voice of Taita, the author draws the reader into the lives of the characters - their hopes, fears and passions. By the author of "Elephant Song". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Laughter of Dead Kings more books like this by Elizabeth Peters add to wishlist The author of the bestselling Amelia Peabody novels returns with the long-awaited final installment in her beloved contemporary series featuring art historian Vicky Bliss--back for the first time in more than a decade. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.11! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality more books like this by Cheikh Anta Diop add to wishlist Now in its 30th printing, this classic presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization. see all copies from $3.96! new only from $9.59! \| SVS
19 view cover	The Egyptian more books like this by Mika Waltari add to wishlist A historical novel of ancient Egypt whose chief character is Sinuhe, the physician. He is a friend to the Pharoah, but ends his days in exile. see all copies from $2.85! new only from $9.59! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Woman at Point Zero more books like this by Nawal El Saadawi, Sherif Hetata (Translator) add to wishlist 'All the men I did get to know, every single man of them, has filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face. But because I am a woman I have never had the courage to lift my hand. And because I am a prostitute, I hid my fear under layers of make-up'. So begins Firdaus' story, leading to her grimy Cairo ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.60! \| SVS
21 view cover	Lion in the Valley more books like this by Elizabeth Peters add to wishlist An expedition cursed by misfortune and death has alerted Egyptologist Amelia Peabody to the presence of her arch-enemy, the Master Criminal. And his is now a personal quest for the most valuable and elusive prize of all: vengeance on the meddling lady archaeologist with the parasol who has sworn to deliver him to justice...Amelia! see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.19! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Key to Rebecca more books like this by Ken Follett add to wishlist Only a troubled British agent and a pretty, young Jewish girl can stop a Nazi spy from procuring secrets essential to Hitler's expansion. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Egypt more books like this by Jane Dunford (Editor), Joann Fletcher (Editor), Carole French (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $13.54! new only from $13.54! \| SVS
24 view cover	Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris more books like this by Emily Sands, Dugald Steer (Editor), Helen Ward (Illustrator) add to wishlist Although she and her crew disappeared while on an expedition up the Nile to find the tomb of the god Osiris in 1926, Sands' keen observations live on in the form of a lovingly kept journal, full of drawings, photographs, booklets, foldout maps, postcards, and many other intriguing samples. (Archaeology/Anthropology) see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.04! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff more books like this by Rosemary Mahoney, M.A. add to wishlist When Rosemary Mahoney, in 1998, took a solo trip down the Nile in a seven-foot rowboat, she discovered modern Egypt for herself. As a rower, she faced crocodiles and testy river currents; as a female, she confronted deeply-held beliefs about foreign women while cautiously remaining open to genuine friendship; and, as a traveller, she experienced ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.04! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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