Ancient Egypt: A Journey Down the Nile

By Nigel Fletcher-Jones

A stunning pictorial journey through four thousand years of ancient Egyptian civilization from the river that gave life to the region

The extraordinary civilization of ancient Egypt could not have existed without the Nile, which rises in the Ethiopian Highlands and sub-Saharan Africa. In life, the ancient Egyptians were tied to an area of at most a few kilometers either side of the great river, but even in death, they where never far from it. Many of the most famous archaeological sites—the pyramids at Giza, the Valley of the Kings, the step pyramid at Saqqara, and the royal cult temples at Deir el-Bahri—lie within, beside, or on top of the cliffs created by the immense past flows of the Nile.

Ancient Egypt: A Journey Down the Nile follows the course of the river from south to north, illuminating ancient Egyptian history through the patchwork of temples, tombs, and pyramids to either side. Illustrated throughout with more than 180 photographs, Ancient Egypt: A Journey Down the Nile is a vivid pictorial exploration of four thousand years of ancient Egyptian civilization from the river that gave life to the region.