A History of Ancient Egypt, Volume 2The definitive, multi volume history of the world's first known state Drawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of Ancient Egypt from the building of the Great Pyramid through the rise and fall of the Middle Kingdom a peak of Pharaonic culture and the period when writing first flourished. He reveals how the grand narratives of nineteenth and twentieth century Egyptologists have misled us by portraying a culture of cruel