A Glorious Past: Ancient Egypt, Ethiopia, And Nubia

The author of this book, Earnestine Jenkins, has a master’s degree in art history, specializing in Egypt and Nubia. She spent several months in Egypt with an archaeological team from the British Exploration Society. During 1990-1991 she lived in Ethiopia, where she even studied the nation’s language, Ge’ez. Earnestine even planned to teach history and art. This all led up to her writing this book, A Glorious Past: Ancient Egypt, Ethiopia, and Nubia. I chose this book because I’m just simply fascinated with the idea of learning more about Egypt and it’s past. This book begins telling about the civilization of Ancient Egypt and moves on to the Nubians who were builders, scholars and soldiers. Menes, a ruler from Upper Egypt, conquered Lower
Under the topic of religion, this book discusses many different things such as: There were many festivals each month. Some celebrated agricultural events, others were associated with gods, others with pharaohs. Thebes was the center of a couple major festivals. Amulets, which are small objects worn on the body, were a common form of protective magic. They were made of material such as: papyrus, wood, leather or stone. There were names of gods written on them, also nonsense words, magical prayers, diagrams and symbols representing strength, prosperity and life. Yes, I do recommend this book to other students to learn about the time period. At the beginning of the book, a timeline of milestones is given which is really helpful. This book goes into depth about many different topics like the history of Egypt, religion of the Egyptians, life in the Nile Valley, and more. There are pictures in this book with a detailed description explaining the meaning of the picture. A lot about the rulers and Egypt’s different empires are told about this in this book which would interest a lot of