Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt by Barbara Mertz

Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

Barbara Mertz

410 pages first pub 1967 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced

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Internationally renowned Egyptologist Barbara Mertz transports us back thousands of years and immerses us in the sights and sounds of day-to-day life in a vanished desert culture. Their civilization has inspired myriad films, books, pieces of art,...

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informative 100%
funny 42%
lighthearted 42%
reflective 42%
hopeful 14%
mysterious 14%

Pace

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slow 28%
fast 28%

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