Dramatically illustrated with 160 color photos-including several filling two pages-this book is a fine popular introduction to the marvels of ancient Egypt. To see the majestic Giza pyramids in the light of dawn is to understand why the Egyptians' achievements still astonish the world, posit the authors, and here they describe an empire ruled by dynastic, all-powerful kings-a sophisticated society that flourished for more than 3,000 years. Here are the grandeur of Karnak, Luxor, and the Valley of the Kings; here too is the Nile itself, and figures like Tutankhamun, Nefertiti, Ramses, and Cleopatra, as well as priests, tradesmen, and farmers.