Apart from the universal fame that Tutankhamun and Ramesses II share, and the proximity of the periods in which they lived, the reigns and figures of the two pharaohs have nothing in common. These two rulers are presented in this two-part volume, dedicated to one of the most dynamic and magnificent periods of Ancient Egypt's history. It is written by the famous Egyptologist T.G.H. James and illustrated by renowned photographers and includes reconstructive drawings that bring to life the pomp and drama of an age that will never be 'lost'.
T. G. Henry James was born in 1923 in Neath, South Wales and passed away in 2009. Educated at Oxford University, he spent his professional life in the British Museum, where he was keeper of Egyptian Antiquities from 1974 to 1988. He worked in Egypt on different excavations.