Thomas G. H. James Boeken

Describes the life and times of Tutankhamen and the discovery of his tomb in 1922.

Thumbelina is part of the Ladybird Favourite Tales, which are the timeless treasured stories that generations of children have grown up with and loved. These easy-to-read retellings, enhanced by exciting, richly colourful illustrations, faithfully capture all the magic of the original stories.

Here in a single volume is a concise, lucid and authoritative introduction to one of the greatest civilisations of the ancient world. Written by the former Keeper and the staff of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum, it provides an invaluable guide to the culture, history and achievements of a people whose attraction remains undiminished even after five thousand years.

An exploration of Egypt, dealing primarily with the influence of its past.

James takes the reader back to the sites from which the wealth of objects yielded by ancient Egypt and now admired in museum all over the world came from. He follows the Nile from the Delta to Nubia, via the great monuments of Memphis, Abydos and Thebes and shows why these places were to provide such superb evidence of the Egyptian achievement. His evocative text and the numerous illustrations illuminate the real significance of Egypt's legacy making a visit to the Egyptian galleries of a museum, or a journey to Egypt itself a much more rewarding experience.