Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

Author - Barbara Mertz ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Audio CD Book item from Tantor Media was reviewed on 3-Nov-2008.

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1) Audio CD Book Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt by Tantor Media. Barbara Mertz is also the real name of writers Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels. She has written 37 books in the popular Amelia Peabody series (Amelia is a Victorian Egyptologist and archaeologist) and 29 suspense books as Michaels. Mertz received her doctorate in Egyptology in 1952, and her first book published was Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs: a Popular History of Egyptology. Her first novel was published in 1966. This is the second edition of Black Land, Red Land, originally published in 1978.

This well-written and readable book is an excellent source of information on life in ancient Egypt. Mertz covers everything, including childhood, pets, women and queens, clothing, jewelry and cosmetics, towns and houses, education, magic, religion, science, medicine, mathematics, pyramid building, boats, mummification and tombs. All are fascinating, though my personal favorite is the chapter on painting and sculpture, and the Amarna period. The XVIII Dynasty has always fascinated me: the time of Queen Hatshepsut, Akhenaton, and Tutankhamon. It is difficult to imagine a kingdom and society that lasted for nearly 4,000 years; the U.S. is an infant in comparison. There is a chronology, map, notes, and a list of books for further reading. The line drawings and photographs enhance the text perfectly.

Readers of the Amelia Peabody and Vicky Bliss mysteries, anyone longing to travel to see the ancient wonders of Egypt, or anyone with an interest in archaeology, will love this book.

Armchair Interviews agrees.¤

2) Audio CD Book Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt by Tantor Media. Funny and informative - adds a lot to the Amelia Peabody novels that she wrote which were placed in the Egypt of the 19th-early 20th century, also to the various TV presentations of 20/21 century archeologic discoveries. Helps a lot that she revised the book, which one can see fairly easily.
Linda Sheean¤

3) Audio CD Book Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt by Tantor Media. This is a basic history of Egypt, of the life of the average people, written by B. Mertz PH.D, otherwise known as Elizabeth Peters, author of the Amelia Peabody series. It is referenced in many of the non-fiction books I have read or skimmed. Unfortunately, not too many photographs and they are black and white. The writing is clear, not dry and boring or text-bookish although it was originally a textbook I believe. It is readable, and fun to "dip into" for selections on various aspects of life, such as clothes over time, army life, etc.

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4) Audio CD Book Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt by Tantor Media. Loved it. This book is actually a textbook, but it´s the most interesting textbook I´ve ever read. It really gives you a "feel" for daily life in ancient Egypt.¤

5) Audio CD Book Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt by Tantor Media. I read this a while back and I must say, "jolly good writing," which of course is now my only expectation from Ms. Mertz/Peters/Michaels & any other pseudonyms she has chosen to go by.

As an aside, I was watching tv the other day and saw Ms. Mertz on an A&E Ancient Mysteries Special on Queen Maatkare Hatshepsut. That was Jolly Good too!¤

6) Audio CD Book Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt by Tantor Media. Esteemed Egyptologist Barbara Mertz updates her widely praised social history of the people of ancient Egypt, reconstructing the life of the Egyptians from birth to death, and beyond death, too.¤

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