Michael Hayes (1) (1953–)

-This is a brief introduction style history to the New Kingdom period of Egypt (1600-1000 BCE approx.). It covers the basic facets of Egyptian life, focusing on the rulers that defined this period of history. It is filled with colorful glossy photos of artifacts and paintings. This is truly an introduction, and not a very good one at that. The first chapter is okay, giving a nice overview of Egyptian history but after that, it degenerates in a various snippets, jumping from subject to subject with tenuous connection. It could lead one to pick up more detailed texts on various topics though. The writing is strongly opinionated and not very objective historically speaking. It is not hard to feel the author is dedicated to an apologist new age lifestyle when reading the book as the history comes secondary to the author’s interpretation through unflattering lenses. The photos are glorious but it is a shame they are wasted on this “guidebook”.… (plus d'informations)