Metro Books, 160 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1435101869
There are several of these “Traveler’s Guide” books out there, each written in the style of a contemporary travel guide as a way of bringing these long-lost cultures to life. I guess it works, if more as a kind of thought-exercise than as serious history. This edition, Ancient Egypt, Thebes and the Nile Valley, follows along with this conceit as it describes the historic city of Thebes and the Nile Valley in the year 1200 BC. Offering advice on everything like a real travel guide – from what to see, where to stay, the local cuisine and shopping for souvenirs for the folks back home – this was, overall, an easy read, and I finished the thing in a single afternoon; as to whether I was wiser or not upon doing so, I don’t really think so, as what can you pack into 160 pages of a fake travel guide?
No comments:
Post a Comment