At a time when travel is impossible, but we still long to visit exotic locales, I have been turning to books to satisfy my wanderlust. Egypt is on my bucket list, and it seems something always conspires to keep me away. From political unrest to a global pandemic, I keep missing out. Mavrikis’s book of beautiful photographs and descriptions of some of the most iconic ruins, temples and artifacts is a must for anyone who has been, or just dreams of visiting Egypt

A journey threw the valley of the Kings, the focus is on the photos. Not much in the was of writing. A nice coffee table book.

Another success from this publisher in this series of books stuffed to the brim with wonderful photography of whichever place they concern. This one acts as a wonderful introduction to, or souvenir of, historical Egypt, covering the usual suspects right on down. It was only when we delved in surprising depth into civil servants' tomb art at a place I'd never heard of did I look back and twig we'd practically not touched on the Gizan Sphinx. With that in mind there might well be a few newcomers who just want the basics and that might feel short-changed, but similarly there will be people surprised at how much variety is in this. I will always wonder how many people buy these online hoping for some magically-priced coffee table book, and find something the size of a stack of 6x4 photos, mind… The feel it was a little too jumpy and scattershot, and lacking organisation at times, means it's four stars, and not perhaps half of one more.

The book itself was interesting and it was nice to see each item being discussed unlike most books which talk about it but don't actually show it to you. Is describe this as a bit of a coffee table book; something you have on your coffee table and pick up every now and then rather than going through it in one sitting as it's designed to just be picked up and put down and rather than a continuous story. Have only given 4 stars however as the layout doesn't work as a digital copy, there aren't distinct pages, it just all blends into one, so you can't tell immediately which page would be next to another in print format all as to know which item they're discussing, also it meant you have to keep zooming in and out as it doesn't fit the screen properly