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Ancient Egypt
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The Libyan Pharaohs of Egypt: Their Lives and Afterlives

Aidan Dodson’s The Libyan Pharaohs of Egypt is a detailed reappraisal of one of the most complex periods of ancient Egyptian history. Drawing on his long-standing expertise in Egyptian royal history, Dodson presents a richly illustrated, clear and balanced synthesis…

Ancient Egypt
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The Decline and Fall of the Ptolemies: Ptolemaic Egypt 146-30 BC

REVIEW BY SARAH GRIFFITHS In the third and final instalment of his Ptolemaic series, Grainger presents what he describes as a ‘deeply unpleasant and murderous succession of barely competent kings and queens’, following the dynasty’s decline into ‘confusion and chaos’,…