Rameses II: Pharaoh of the New Kingdom (Coping) [Library Binding]

Susanna Thomas (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up | Series: Coping

Examines the life and times of the man who ruled Egypt from 1279 to 1213 B.C., in the period when that kingdom was at its most powerful, and who built more monuments throughout Egypt than any other pharaoh.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Library Binding: 112 pages
• Publisher: Rosen Publishing Group; 1st edition (January 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0823935973
• ISBN-13: 978-0823935970
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,085,565 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Egyptology at its best!, December 22, 2004

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Tamsin Dean - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rameses II: Pharaoh of the New Kingdom (Coping) (Library Binding)

I saw a review of this author's series of books by an Egyptology professor which said that they were highly informative and full of accurate information, so I bought them and found that I agreed. There are lots of quotes from the ancient Egyptians themselves which give a real flavor of the times, and the life stories of each pharaoh are described in an exiting and easy to follow way. A really good read for both me and my 13 year old son!

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars When I was a child, I thought like a child..., October 12, 2004

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Barbara Stienstra (Goshen, New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rameses II: Pharaoh of the New Kingdom (Coping) (Library Binding)

Susanna Thomas contributed to the "Leaders of Ancient Egypt" series with her book Rameses II: Pharaoh of the new kingdom. Her book is very well researched and documented.
As a child, I remember experiencing wording such as found on page 14: "Toward the end of the eighteenth dynasty, many of Egypt's territories in the Near East - Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria -- had been LOST, and one of Seti's ambitions was to restore Egypt's Syrian empire." The word "lost" was very troublesome to me back then, as it is now -- as how could such an enormous parcel of land, be LOST? I took exception the first time I discovered it in the framework of the text, and though I had less problem with page 23, which read: "The couple was eventually buried in a joint tomb tha has recently been DISCOVERED at Saqqara.", a "red flag" was beginning to be hoisted. On page 24, I found: "Seti briefly won control of the city and erected a victory stela, most of which is NOW LOST." I became edgy, when "In the winter they went to Luxor, where they lived in palaces, NOW LOST near the main temple at Karnak...", found on page 32. I decided to make "note" of all this, when I arrived at page 51 to find the author states: "Kadesh and the region of Amurru had been Egyptian territory since the reign of Tuthmose III, 200 years before. These areas WERE LOST during the reign of Akhenaten about a hundred years before."
Years later, I was able to understand what was meant by "lost" but at the time, it baffled me. I inquired of another librarian who shared the same feelings with me, that she too, thought "how could something so huge, be lost!" If I was confused, my
colleague was baffled, surely others will be stumped. This was the only detraction, but enough to be a distraction.