So, unlike previous publications and reference books, which mainly have focussed on the kings and queens of Egypt, 1 R.
But it also seeks to record the names of less august figures, whose lives may throw a modest but particularly focused shaft of light to show what it may have been like to live in Egypt at the height of its power and prosperity, or in one of its not infrequent periods of hardship and disorder” (p. is “to identify the most celebrated of the sons and daughters of Egypt, whose attainments forged its unique civilisation. This book is mainly directed at the general reader who intends to visit Egypt or major museums with Egyptian collections, but it can also be quite useful to ancient historians and classicists who hardly touch on Egypt. Michael Rice has compiled a handy guide and sourcebook with over thousand entries about the people of ancient Egypt from c.
