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The Egyptians

by Cyril Aldred · 1961

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The twin themes - the overwhelming importance of the Nile and the pharaoh - provide the unifying thread running through Cyril Aldred's classic text. Aidan Dodson has completely revised the book whilst carefully preserving its succinct and lucid qualities.

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ancient worldancient worldMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thismythologymythologyMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 224 pages

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