About the book: 2008 / A historical study by a famous German scientist is dedicated to Egypt, one of the most ancient states in the world. Using all sources of reliable information available to modern humanity - papyrus scrolls from ancient libraries and archives, inscriptions and drawings from temples and tombs, objects of material culture discovered in the burials of mummies, ancient Hebrew books and notes of Greek travelers - the author builds a chain of historical events and gives the truth an idea of ​​the development of Egyptian civilization in three periods: the Ancient, Middle and New Kingdoms.