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Synopsis
Ancient Egypt is a fascinating subject with something that will appeal to everyone. We are lucky enough to know about the people, their religion, their politics, and their villages, tombs and temples. It is a subject that currently features quite prominently in the Western mind, as a time and place of exoticism, luxury and decadence. This is no more apparent than when discussing the Nile; the location of luxury cruises and gorgeous lazy sunsets.
The Nile is so much more than a playground for the rich. For the first time, the history of Egypt is told from 5000 BCE to the modern day (and beyond) with the river Nile as your guide, showing the important role the Egyptian stretch of the river has held in the lives and cultures of the people living alongside it. For thousands of years Egyptians have been dependant on the river for survival, and at the mercy of the river should it chose to destroy. Without the river ancient Egypt as we know it would not exist, and the people of Egypt today are just as reliant on this mysterious stretch of water as they ever were.
Charlotte Booth is a freelance Egyptologist with an BA and MA in Egyptian Archaeology from UCL. She spends her time teaching Egyptology and hieroglyphs in the classroom and online, speaking for conferences and societies internationally and writing books. She is currently based in the south-west of England.
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