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rolandhesz's review
4.0
An Account of Egypt is a really interesting book.
On the one hand it can be amazingly dry, boring and a difficult read at times
You get it.
On the other hand the stories and the "facts" (hearsay, as Herodotus puts it) are interesting, especially coming from a book written 2500+ years ago.
It is a mixture of history, speculations
tourist guide book
and at times very dry description of buildings
It is worth reading by anyone who likes ancient history. After all, Herodotus is said to be the first real historian.
On the one hand it can be amazingly dry, boring and a difficult read at times
And his friends being troubled at it admonished him in some such words as these: "O king, thou dost not rightly govern thyself in thus letting thyself descend to behaviour so trifling; for thou oughtest rather to have been sitting throughout the day stately upon a stately throne and administering thy business;...."
You get it.
On the other hand the stories and the "facts" (hearsay, as Herodotus puts it) are interesting, especially coming from a book written 2500+ years ago.
It is a mixture of history, speculations
now that they say...
tourist guide book
all the other temples which were of repute, works which are worth seeing for their size,..
and at times very dry description of buildings
the length outside is one-and-twenty cubits, the breadth is fourting cubits, and the heights eight.
It is worth reading by anyone who likes ancient history. After all, Herodotus is said to be the first real historian.
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