Egypt, Judaism, and the history of the alphabet intersect in Deciphering The Proto-Sinaitic Script. From its initial appearance, in around the 18th century BC, the origins of proto–Sinaitic writing can be traced back to Egypt’s Middle Kingdom period, when it was somehow derived from the hieroglyphs, its parent–system. The importance of proto–Sinaitic lies in the fact that it represents the alphabet’s earliest developmental period—a kind of ‘missing link’ between the hieroglyphs and these early Semitic alphabets from which our own Latin one descends, by way of the Phoenician and Greek. However, up until now, proto-Sinaitic has remained for the most part undeciphered. The intriguing possibility of giving voice to a lost culture or civilization from thousands of years ago is tantalizing. Representing one of the most enticing problems in modern archaeology, the enigmatic allure surrounding ancient languages and the undeciphered scripts in which they are encoded is truly vexing. In his bold and original research, LeBlanc argues convincingly to have solved the mystery and uncovers some incredibly enthralling information about the people who invented it: The epigraphic evidence suggests that the Egyptianized Canaanites who first devised the proto–Sinaitic script were surprisingly instrumental in the formation of early Israelite culture and proto–Judaism.

This book considers a selection of letters from the Old Kingdom up to and including the Twenty-first Dynasty. Under the topic headings of 'problems and issues', 'daily life', 'religious matters', 'military and police matters', it demonstrates the insight such texts can provide regarding aspects of belief, relationships, custom and behaviour.

This ebook bundle contains two historical novels at one great price! Explore the first volumes in two different Egyptian series, both written by Libbie Hawker, whose depictions of ancient cultures have been delighting readers since 2011. In Egyptian Queens, you'll receive the following novels: The Sekhmet Bed Ahmose, wed against her will to the new Pharaoh, must fight her sister's envy and the currents of Egyptian politics in order to embrace her destiny as the mother of an unlikely king. House of Rejoicing The corruption and deadly drama of the Amarna court, as seen through the eyes of four royal women. Can any of these ambitious queens bring the heretic Pharaoh Akhenaten under control before Egypt is destroyed? Egyptian Queens will sweep you away to the hot sands and golden decadence of ancient Egypt!

In Captive Soul, published to tie-in with the fantasy adventure TV series Highlander, warrior Duncan McLeod and his friend Methos notice a particular sword on display in a NY museum. Methos recognises the weapon from his days in Ancient Egypt.

The son of the god must take her rightful place on Egypt's throne. Hatshepsut longs for power, but she is constrained by her commitment to maat – the sacred order of righteousness, the way things must be. Her mother claims Hatshepsut is destined for Egypt's throne – not as the king's chief wife, but as the king herself, despite her female body. But a woman on the throne defies maat, and even Hatshepsut is not so bold as to risk the safety of the Two Lands for her own ends. As God's Wife of Amun, she believes she has found the perfect balance of power and maat, and has reconciled herself to contentment with her station. But even that peace is threatened when the powerful men of Egypt plot to replace her. They see her as nothing but a young woman, easily used for their own ends and discarded. But she is the son of the god Amun, and neither her strength nor her will can be so easily discounted. As the machinations of politics drive her into the hands of enemies and the arms of lovers, onto the battlefield and into the childbed, she comes face to face with maat itself – and must decide at last whether to surrender her birthright to a man, or to take up the crook and flail of the Pharaoh, and claim for herself the throne of the king.

Expelling the foreign kings of Egypt is proving costly. 1575 BC. Surrounded by her enemies, the future of the rebellion is in the hands of Queen Ahhotep as her husband’s body is laid at her feet. To unite the divided kingdom, Ahhotep must be the commanding leader to those still loyal to her family, a guiding voice her children require, and meet the impossible expectations of her mother, the Great Wife Tetisheri. Feeling alone and finding no consolation in the palace, Ahhotep seeks counsel with a man she loves but cannot have, inviting conflict into her family and her heart. With obsolete weaponry, inferior resources, and the royal family’s divided front, their supporters dissent and leave. To keep their borders secure, Ahhotep must find a way to consolidate power, raise a capable army, and mold her son into a Warrior King before death comes for her and her people. Warrior King is a beautiful ode to the powerful women behind the crown and how their love, determination, leadership, and sacrifice propelled the once-called Kemet into a golden era of ancient Egyptian history. Grab this gripping historical drama today. Warrior King is the standalone series starter for Egypt's Golden Age Chronicles, a resurrection of the early 18th Dynasty kings and queens. This series feeds into Lauren Lee Merewether's Amarna period saga, The Lost Pharaoh Chronicles. Reviewers are saying: (★★★★★) "...total immersion into the complex world of ancient Egypt...Merewether's brand of political drama, blended seamlessly with interpersonal, emotional storylines, allows us to get into the psyche of her characters and explore the unusual pressures and challenges they face...an empowering work about the women behind the great kings and princes of Egypt." - K.C. Finn for Readers' Favorite (★★★★★) "Merewether does a beautiful job of taking an extraordinarily rigid and spotty slice of history and making it both accessible and intimate...a wonderful novel and a solid entry into a new series." - Jamie Michele for Readers' Favorite (★★★★★) "Very highly recommended." - Asher Syed for Readers' Favorite