Abdel-Malek, A. (1968). Egypt: Military Society. New York, NY: Random House, Inc

Abdel-Malek, A. (1968). Egypt: Military Society. New York, NY: Random House, Inc. This is the story of the fifteen years of Egypt's national revolution, bounded by two “Black Fridays". Friday, January 25, 1952, after British armor took a heavy toll of Egyptian lives in Ismalia and the next day Cairo was set on fire by the extreme Right intent on blocking the path of the United National Front. This went on until Friday, June 9, 1967, following the Six-Day War with Israel, when Gamal Abdel Nasser addressed the peoples of Egypt and the and the whole Arab world. Egypt's armed forces had been severely hit, the Sinai occupied, the Suez Canal paralyze4d, the air force practically wiped out as an operational unit; acts of treason, felony and conspiracy were open and rampant throughout the land.

Brier, B. & Hobbs H. (1999). Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Explore the daily lives of ordinary people in ancient Egypt through reconstructions based on the hieroglyphic inscriptions, paintings from tombs, and scenes from the temple walls of the people themselves. Students can use this unique and most up-to-date resource on the subject to examine the history of one of our oldest civilizations.

James, T. (2003). Pharaoh’s People Scenes from Life in Imperial Egypt. New York, NY: Tauris Parke Paperbacks. Popular interest in ancient Egypt has too often tended to focus on the deeds of rulers, great nobles and priests. T.G.H. James by contrast examines the daily working lives of ordinary Egyptians: bureaucrats and scribes; builders and farmers; carpenters and jewelers. What sort of houses did they live in and how were they furnished? What do we know about their family relationships, their rivalries and quarrels, their hopes and dreams and the daily minutiae of their lives?

Nicholson, R. & Watts, C. (1991). Ancient Egypt. New York: Two-Can Publishing, Ltd. A lively and fascinating introduction to the dramatic history of ancient Egypt. Full of interesting facts, detailed illustrations, and clear photographs, this book offers real insight into how the ancient Egyptians lived. Pharaohs, gods, and temples, Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife, the pyramids, and much more, bring to life different aspects of the remarkable civilization of ancient Egypt.

Paxton E. (1981). Taha Hussein, an Egyptian Childhood. Bedford Square, London: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd. Taha Hussen had qualities of mind and character that enabled him to overcome the handicaps of humble birth and blindness and to pursue a distinguished career in Egyptian public life. He was at one time Minister of Education and before all titles were abolished under the Republic, had been made a Bey and then a Pasha. He was most influential, however, through his voluminous, varied and controversial writings, which he earned him the unofficial title of 'Dean of Arabic Letters. Quirke S. & Spencer J. (1992). The British Museum of Ancient Egypt. New York, NY: Thames and Hudson Inc. This new visual and textual guide to the civilization ruled by the Pharaohs has been written by the Keeper and staff of the Department of Egyptian Antiuities at the British Museum, whose collection is one of the richest in the world. It covers every aspect of the culture from prehistoric times through the three millennia of Pharanoic history to the years of late Roman antiquity when Christianity replaced the ancient religion, script, and art.

Reeves, N. & Froman, N. (1992). Into the Mummy’s Tomb. Toronto, Ontario: Madison Press Books. The brilliant sun beats down on a procession of wailing mourners, courtiers and priests. Inside the magnificent gold coffin, hauled by sweating laborers, lies the mummified body of the boy pharaoh, Tutankhamun.

Steindorff, G. & Seele K. (1984). When Egypt Ruled the East. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. Here, adequately presented for the first time in English, is the fascinating story of a splendid culture that flourished thirty-five hundred years ago in the empire on the Nile: kings and conquests, gods and heroes, beautiful art, sculpture, poetry, architecture. Significant archeological discoveries are constantly being made in Egypt. In this revision Professor Seele has rewritten whole chapters on the basis of these new finds and offers several new conclusions to age-old problems.

Wilkinson, J. (1854). A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. Many aspects of Egyptian life are discussed throughout this book. Everything from a cattle rescued from the inundation, plants, harvesting, and Modern boats of the Nile are covered in the lives of the Ancient Egyptians. The Egyptians believed in a variety of gods and goddesses and created statues to worship. In addition, beautiful art and sculpture was a part of the Egyptian life that is so popular today.