World War Egypt

In 1887, an Egyptian woman made an astonishing discovery among the ruins of the heretic king Akhenaten's capital city, a site now known as Amarna. She found a cache of cuneiform tablets, nearly four hundred in all, that included correspondence between the pharaohs and the mightiest powers of the day, such as the Hittites, Babylonians, and Assyrians. Love, War, and Diplomacy tells the story of the Amarna Letters and the dramatic world of the Bronze Age they revealed.

A cursed tomb. A goddess reborn. A world on the brink. Egypt, 1940. When a forgotten tomb is opened, an ancient evil awakens, sending two siblings and a fearless adventurer on a desperate race from the deserts of Egypt to Berlin to stop her. 1940, Egypt. Beneath the sun-scorched sands of the Valley of the Kings, a long-forgotten tomb is unearthed. Inside lies Dina—the vengeful goddess of life and death—sealed away for millennia. When her slumber is disturbed by rival British and German archaeologists, her spirit is unleashed, leaving only blood and whispers in its wake. Siblings Lillian...

The Echo of Ancient Civilizations, a Book by Bo Carson, is an indispensable guide for anyone seeking to walk in the path of the ancient world. With a masterful combination of scholarship and readability, retrace the rise and fall of civilizations from the earliest times to the Roman Empire. This book is a must-read for students of history, anthropology, and archaeology, as well as anyone with a passion for the rich tapestry of human culture. Whether you're looking to deepen your knowledge or explore a new area of study, "The Echo of Ancient Civilizations" is a great read. Dive into the ...

This entertaining companion to the massively popular history podcast tackles everything from Alexander the Great to Agatha Christie, the Wars of the Roses to Watergate--with a unique blend of wit, wisdom, and good old-fashioned banter The Rest Is History podcast brilliantly distills major...

In this definitive history of the modern Arab world, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan draws extensively on Arab sources and texts to place the Arab experience in its crucial historical context for the first time. Tracing five centuries of Arab history, Rogan reveals that there was an age when the Arabs set the rules for the rest of the world. Today, however, the Arab world's sense of subjection to external powers carries vast consequences for both the region and Westerners who attempt to control it.

A detailed, illustrated exploration of twenty of the world's greatest mysteries. Go back in time and history and explore the wonders that have captured man's imagination for centuries. Be dazzled by 2000-year-old manuscripts still being deciphered, abandoned ancient cities of 100,000, and a mountain whose tomb is still being guarded 500 years later. Is the Holy Grain really in Spain? And are pirate treasures about to be dug up in Canada? Glimpse at cryptic sanctuaries beyond imagination. Crisscross the globe for answers, consider possibilities, and marvel at the ingenuity of past cultures ...

In the city of Lahun, Hui lives an enchanted life. The favoured son of a doting father, and ruler-in-waiting of the great city, his fate is set. But behind the beautiful façades a sinister evil is plotting. Craving power and embittered by jealousy, Hui's stepmother, the great sorceress Isetnofret, and Hui's own brother Qen, orchestrate the downfall of Hui's father, condemning Hui and seizing power in the city.

From the bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia, a piercing account of how the contemporary Arab world came to be riven by catastrophe since the 2003 United States invasion of Iraq. In 2011, a series of anti-government uprisings shook the Middle East and North Africa in what would become known...

In this World War II military history, Rommel's army is a day from Cairo, a week from Tel Aviv, and the SS is ready for action. Espionage brought the Nazis this far, but espionage can stop them—if Washington wakes up to the danger. As World War II raged in North Africa, General Erwin Rommel...

What King Thoth did to re-civilize the world after the Pleistocene Extinction was amazing. As things got bad again, no one else would even try to halt the calamity. What he accomplished after that was nothing less than miraculous. His subjects tried to deify him but he never accepted that level of adoration. Instead, he brought light to a darkened world and science to a forgotten civilization. He worked his wonders in Egypt, India and even in the Americas and he explained to us how to worship one God while most of the Anak people were forcing devotion, servitude, and adoration for their ...

Countries, continents, and the world at large experience jolts that move them away from their evolutionary if not reformatory paths, resulting in seismic changes that transform them fundamentally. Assassinations are one of the potent catalysts for these changes as they lead to wars, political changes, and even economic transformations. Below is an insight into far-reaching political assassinations that are still haunting the world today: Franz Ferdinand: Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian-Serb nationalist kills the Archduke and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, thereby sparking off World War One...

A sweeping global history of Islam, tracing the 1,400-year evolution of a diverse community of faith and its place in the modern world “Anyone who wants to understand not just the past of Islam but its present and future should read Worlds of Islam.”—Reza Aslan, author of No god but God...

This volume contains a novelized version of the Asarian Resurrection myth that is based on the actual scriptures presented in the Book Asarian Religion (old name –Resurrecting Osiris). This volume is prepared in the form of a screenplay and can be easily adapted to be used as a stage play. Spiritual seeking is a mythic journey that has many emotional highs and lows, ecstasies and depressions, victories and frustrations. This is the War of Life that is played out in the myth as the struggle of Heru and Set and those are mythic characters that represent the human Higher and Lower self. How ...

A bright-eyed explorer and soldier in the German colonial army in Kamerun adopts Josef Nana Njike and takes him to Germany. While in Germany, Josef studies Agronomy, flirts with leftist political ideologies, and is humbled by the realities of his new world and the expectations of the world he left behind in Africa. He returns to German Kamerun after failing to marry his first love, and without their son, Hans. He sets about pursuing his dream as his benefactor's disciple with a mission. Josef is a man with unusual strengths and makes unprecedented sacrifices while building his business ...

This book is a great reference book for any library. The book presents confirmation, explanation, expansion, and clarification of some of the most intriguing verses in Moses' Genesis Book. To do this the book describes well over 200 confirming or expanding texts to bring out a truer understanding of Moses' most important historical work. Not only is it important in religious studies, but also in basic understanding of where we came from and how we got where we are. This text can be used by anyone to understand Biblical truths, Scientific anomaly, History incompleteness, and many other ...

In pursuit of revenge, former French commando Rene Roccard embarks on a cause to assassinate underground leader Ruben Um that takes him from New York to Europe and Africa. Relentless on his heels is veteran American journalist Clement Coulther as they join a motley bunch in a journey of love and betrayal, fear and hope, damnation and salvation, war and death, redemption, and peace. Rene leads the bloody campaign by the Franco-Cameroonian army against the Ruben-inspired rebellion, a dirty war steals the innocence of bright-eyed Gavin by exposing the child to a world of power, glory, money, ...

Daphne’s world just isn’t fair. Determined to marry above her station and progress herself she is dismayed that World War One is determined to remove every eligible bachelor from her grasp and to slaughter them on the fields of Belgium and France. Meeting handsome Bertie on the top deck of an omnibus sees the start of her adventure. Inheriting as others are lost to the war and the Spanish Flu that followed, she finds herself on DAPHNE’S EGYPTIAN HONEYMOON where she is convinced that the forward-thinking Rose is either from another planet, or from the future. The novel explores the ...

This is a story about a legend in that part of Africa called “Africa in Miniature”, “The Microcosm of Africa.” There was a time in the land when the story of Josef Nana Njike’s life and death became a popular narration. Different versions of the account have been told by those born before him, people who grew up with him, the mothers and fathers whose lives he touched, and the children he inspired. Josef’s life story quickly became a third-person narration, and from that, the legend was born. Still, all the narratives had one thing in common―the disadvantaged Josef Nana Njike ...

It is 1914, and the storm clouds of war are building on the horizon. In Sydney, Josiah Steele is the new head of the family and grappling with his two very different sons - David, upstanding, decent and heir to the family enterprises; and Benjamin, wayward, restless and a magnet for trouble. To...

Janvier Chouteu-Chando's Fortune's Children is the gripping story of a mixed-race German who escapes Nazi rule and seeks refuge in French Cameroun, and then leads his father’s family and Business Empire through Africa’s most brutal colonial war that historians describe as ‘France’s Hidden war in Africa”. When Hans Wette escapes Nazi Germany and joins his father Josef Nana Njike in Africa, he is oblivious to the extent of his father’s vision. Not until the African legend dies and Hans and his siblings inherit his legacy, do they find that his fortune and vision conflict with ...