Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Ancient Egyptian History Books, Videos and Podcasts.


General History


The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt - Toby Wilkinson

A History of Ancient Egypt - Marc Van De Mieroop

The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt - Ian Shaw

Ancient Egyptian Imperialism - Ellen Morris

Poisoned Legacy: The Fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty - Aidan Dodson

Ramesses: Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh - Joyce Tyldesley

Ramesses the Great: Egypt's King of Kings - Toby Wilkinson

War and Trade with the Pharaohs - Garry J. Shaw

Amenhotep III: Egypt's Radiant Pharaoh - Arielle P. Kozloff

Tutankhamun's Trumpet - Toby Wilkinson

Monarchs of the Nile - Aidan Dodson

Before the Pyramids: The Origins of Egyptian Civilization - Edited by Emily Teeter

Egypt's Making: The Origins of Ancient Egypt 5000–2000 BC - Michael Rice

Early Dynastic Egypt - Toby Wilkinson

The First Pharaohs: Their Lives and Afterlives - Aidan Dodson

Ancient Egypt: An Introduction – Salima Ikram

A History of Ancient Egypt: From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid - John Romer

An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt - Kathryn A. Bard

Egypt: The World of the Pharaohs - Edited by Regine Schulz and Matthias Seidel

Amarna Diplomacy - Raymond Cohen and Raymond Westbrook (Editor)

Amarna Sunset - Aidan Dodson

Hatshepsut: The Female Pharaoh - Joyce Tyldesley

Nefertiti: Egypt’s Sun Queen - Joyce Tyldesley

Akhenaten: The Heretic King - Donald B. Redford

Akhenaten: A Historian's View - Salima Ikram

Akhenaten: Egypt’s False Prophet - Nicholas Reeves

Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt - Joyce Tyldesley

Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt - Barbara Mertz

Pyramids: Treasures, Mysteries and New Discoveries in Egypt - Zahi Hawass

Nubia: Lost Civilizations - Sarah M. Schellinger

Trouble in the West: Egypt and the Persian Empire 525-332 BC - Stephen Ruzicka

Archaeology and Empire in Achaemenid Egypt - Henry P. Colburn

The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra - Toby Wilkinson



Art, Architecture and Religion


The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt - Richard H. Wilkinson

Egypt: 4000 Years of Art - Jaromír Málek

Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids - Metropolitan Museum catalogue

Religion and Ritual in Ancient Egypt - Emily Teeter

The Complete Pyramids - Mark Lehner

Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt - Salima Ikram

Cultural Atlas of Ancient Egypt - John Baines & Jaromír Málek

The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt - Richard H. Wilkinson

Ancient Egypt - Anatomy of a Civilization - Barry J. Kemp

The Mummy in Ancient Egypt: Equipping the Dead for Eternity - Salima Ikram

Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt - Salima Ikram

The Tomb in Ancient Egypt (with Aidan Dodson) - Salima Ikram

Mummies and Tombs - Salima Ikram

The Complete Tutankhamun: 100 Years of Discovery - Nicholas Reeves

The Complete Valley of the Kings - Nicholas Reeves

Nefertiti’s Face: The Creation of an Icon - Joyce Tyldesley

Egypt's Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World - Arielle P. Kozloff

Inside the Egyptian Museum - Zahi Hawass

Assmann, Jan (2001). "The Search for God in Ancient Egypt". Translated by David Lorton. Cornell University Press. Dunand, Françoise & Christiane Zivie-Coche (2005). "Gods and Men in Egypt: 3000 BCE to 395 CE". Translated by David Lorton. Cornell University Press. Hornung, Erik (1996). "Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: The One and the Many". Translated by John Baines. Cornell University Press. Hornung, Erik (1999). "Akhenaten and the Religion of Light". Translated by David Lorton. Cornell University Press. Meeks, D., & Favard-Meeks, C. (1997). Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods (G. M. Goshgarian, Trans.; Pimilco). Pinch, G. (2002). Handbook of Egyptian Mythology. Quirke, Stephen (1992). "Ancient Egyptian Religion". British Museum Press. Teeter, Emily (2011). "Religion and Ritual in Ancient Egypt". Cambridge University Press. Wilkinson, R. H. (2003). The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt. Wilkinson, R. H. (2000). The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt.



Translations


Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms - Miriam Lichtheim

Ancient Egyptian Literature: Volume II: The New Kingdom - Miriam Lichtheim

Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume III: The Late Period - Miriam Lichtheim

Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt - Simon B. Parker (Editor)

The El-Amarna Correspondence - Anson F. Rainey



References


Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300-1069 BC - Darrell D. Baker, Vol I

Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: From the Twenty-First Dynasty to the Death of Cleopatra VII (1069–30 BC), Vol. II - Darrell D. Baker

Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt: A–F, Vol. I - Donald B. Redford (Editor)

Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt: G–O, Vol. II - Donald B. Redford (Editor)

Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt: P–Z, Vol. III - Donald B. Redford (Editor)

Civilizations of the Ancient Near East - Jack M. Sasson (Editor)

Dictionary of Ancient Egypt – Ian Shaw & Paul Nicholson (or Toby Wilkinson’s version)

The Oxford Handbook of Egyptology – Edited by Ian Shaw & Elizabeth Bloxam

The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt - Aidan Dodson and Dyan Hilton

The Complete Queens of Egypt - Joyce Tyldesley

Oxford Handbook of Ancient Nubia - Ed. Geoff Emberling and Bruce Beyer Williams



Podcasts / Playlists


Egypt (Ancient History) by History with Cy - Great overview of each dynasty with maps and pictures up until the the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great.

History of Egypt Podcast - Covers the entire period of history from the Old Kingdom to the New Kingdom. (Available on spotify and audible as well).


DW Segments | Ancient Egypt - A series that explains the Ancient Egyptian history in form of single short episodes each about a different pharaoh/tomb/subject.

Ancient Sites Girl - Videos on different topics about Ancient Egypt.




Other


Learn Hieroglyphs - Lessons for Hieroglyphs on the official Library of Alexandria website.

Every Worthwhile Place to Visit in Jordan.