About the Author

Archaeologist and historian, Joyce Tyldesley has written many successful books about ancient Egypt include acclaimed biographies of Rameses the Great, and Cleopatra (a Radio 4 Book of the Week), and of Egypt: How a Lost Civilization was Rediscovered, which accompanied a major BBC television series. She teaches Egyptology at Manchester University and is an Honorary Fellow of Liverpool University. She lives in Bolton, Lancashire

Reviews

Required reading for Egypt's imaginative tour guides Sunday Times Tyldesley, by painstakingly analysing the myths and therefore the beliefs, of the ancient population, endeavours to get under the skin of Egyptian life ... befuddling myth-stories are clarified -- Bettany Hughes The Times her great strength is her story-telling Sunday Telegraph