<p><b>'Lively and amusing [...] an engaging read. Ryan successfully makes this ancient civilisation more immediate and accessible.' - <i>Current World Archaeology </i></b><br><b>_____________________</b><br><br><b>'[Donald] Ryan - who has worked in and on Egypt for decades, as an archaeologist, historian and popular writer - has succeeded in bringing all of his characters to life. This is a great little volume.' - <i>KMT Magazine</i></b><br><b>_____________________</b><br><br><b>'Very readable [...] its originality lies in the clever construction of the content. The variety of characters covered allows for a considerable breadth of information on life for the rich and poor.' - </b><i><b>Ancient Egypt Magazin</b>e</i><br><b>_____________________<br><br>Spend 24 hours with the inhabitants of the most powerful kingdom in the ancient world.</b><br><br>Ancient Egypt wasn’t all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. For your average Egyptian, life was tough, and work was hard, conducted under the burning gaze of the sun god Ra.<br><br>During the course of a day in the ancient city of <b>Thebes</b> (modern-day Luxor), Egypt’s religious capital, we meet <b>24 Egyptians</b> from all strata of society – from the <b>king</b> to the <b>bread-maker</b>, the <b>priestess</b> to the <b>fisherman</b>, the <b>soldier</b> to the <b>midwife</b> – and get to know what the real Egypt was like by spending <b>an hour in their company</b>. We encounter a different one of these characters every hour and in every chapter, and through their eyes see what an average day in ancient Egypt was really like.</p>