The Horn Book Guide

BIOGRAPHIES

Baker, Rosalie F. , Baker, Charles F., III

Ancient Egyptians: People of the Pyramids

192 pp. | Oxford | September, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-19-512221-6 $$40.00

(4) YA Oxford Profiles series. From the Old Kingdom through the Ptolemaic Period, this thick volume gives detailed biographies of ancient Egyptian royalty as well as some advisers and other individuals. The substantial, documented information is well organized and illustrated with black-and-white photos of artifacts, but the dense, serviceable prose makes it more suitable for the initiated than for novices. Several appendices extend the text. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian