Eyewitness - Ancient Egypt

Advantages: Great detail, amazing value for money
Disadvantages: Can't fault it!

...Another fantastic book in the Eyewitness range! I really like how these books feel. You can feel the quality in the cover, as all the pictures on the front and back are like 3D glossed, so they stand out against the background. The book is also full of reall interesting pictures, which are fantastic to scan into your computer, if you're doing work on the PC or laptop. The best picture for me is a 3D pyramid diagram which has been sliced through allowinng you to see what it would look like from both the inside and the outside. A few years ago we were studying the Egyptians at school, a we had to do a project on Ancient Egypt as a whole. I have several books from the Eyewitness range, including Eyewitness Mummy, which were really helpful. However this was by far the best book. It covers all the need to know facts, plus some really...

adampurcell16 21.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Eyewitness: Ancient Egypt - George Hart

Justified and Ancient

Advantages: Well paced
Disadvantages: Little character development

...Justified and Ancient (The Ancient - R.A. Salvatore) IainWear Name: IainWear Product: The Ancient - R.A. Salvatore Date: 17/06/09 (33 review reads) Rating: Advantages: Good story, with plenty of action Disadvantages: Too many plot strands early on One of the first fantasy trilogies I ever read was R. A. Salvatore's "Forgotten Realms: Icewind Dale" trilogy, featuring the dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden. All this time later and Salvatore is still writing novels with fighting high on the agenda and I find that I can still enjoy them, although not quite as much as I did in my younger years. In the Northern land of Alpinadoon, the leader of the Samhaist religion, Ancient Badden, has reclaimed the holy lake of Mithranidoon. Out in the waters of this holy lake, he is dismayed to find that barbarians, powrie dwarves and - even worse...

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Review of The Ancient - R.A. Salvatore

The Amazing Architecture of Ancient Egypt

Advantages: Amazing and Surreal
Disadvantages: Not really what I expected, Emtpy tombs, City near by

...The Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the world's seven wonders. They should be too. I am a real 'geek' when it comes to Ancient Egypt, I love it since the young age of about 6 when we started learning about it at school. Of course, one can not visit Egypt without seeing the Great Pyramid. So that is what I did, on a holiday to Sharm El Sheikh last year my boyfriend and I were a mission to pack in as much Egyptian stuff as possible. We didn't see nearly enough. But we did see the Pyramids. We flew to Cairo from Sharm el Sheikh about a 40 minute flight on a little 30 seater, with Egypt Air (not at all scary). From Cairo airport we were picked up by our tour guide and loaded in to a coach (about 20 years old) with air con (big plus in that heat) and made our way through the City of Cairo and out towards Giza. It was very...

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Review of Pyramids of Giza, Giza

Stay in Ancient Wells

Advantages: Amazing period features, friendly staff, great food, four-poster bed
Disadvantages: Could be expensive, not much parking, small beds

...found that the day we wanted to go came at a discount! We ended up paying around £70 for two of us to stay in The Ancient Gatehouse Hotel which was on the doorstep of Cathedral Green! I have to say that the website wasn't all that easy to navigate as it seemed as though there was very little content and a massive page about hotel disclaimers and what they could charge you for if you broke things! But booking was pretty straightforward (its always in their interests to make that easy I guess) and we didn't even need out E-receipt when we turned up at the hotel as they had our booking and were happy to let us in. Parking Parking could have been an issue as the Ancient Gatehouse doesn't have any parking spaces of its own. The nearest car parks in town were fairly expensive and almost always full, but we were lucky enough to be...

tac20 01.06.2008 (05.07.2008) · Read review
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Review of The Ancient Gatehouse Hotel, Wells, Somerset

The Hunt for Seven Ancient Pieces of Gold

Advantages: Rush of adrenalin an exciting read a book you cant put down
Disadvantages: Not having been made into a film

...I have just returned from an adventure of a lifetime... Well not exactly an adventure but that's how it felt after reading the last page of a remarkable 535 paged book, titled Seven Ancient Wonders written by Matthew Reilly. I left this story feeling excited and very exhausted, because you get the feeling that you are part of the story, it grabs you by the collar and pulls you along with it like a rush of adrenalin. The Story. In ancient times there was a magnificent 9 foot high, Capstone that stood at the peak of the great pyramid at Giza, The Egyptians called it Benben. Shaped like a pyramid it featured the eye of Horus and also had mysterious carvings in an unknown language. The stone was made up of seven pieces of gold, with a thin bore-hole that ran down the centre, embedded in each hole was a crystal, when placed in sequence...

motherjoanb 22.09.2006 · Read review
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Review of Seven Ancient Wonders - Matthew Reilly

The Glory of Ancient Egypt

Advantages: Looks good, build pyramids
Disadvantages: Waiting for monuments, warfare

...This is a hugely enjoyable game from the makers of Caeser III. You must take control of, and govern, a number of ancient Egyptian villages, towns and cities with the aim of getting your dynasty on to the throne. The only way to progress is by succeeding in completing the objectives for each level, and in the process the game leads you through the various periods of ancient Egyptian civilisation. To begin you choose or create a name, you can play a variety of scenarios but at first I would recommend playing as a dynasty because the levels gently introduce you to the game concepts and controls. Life in ancient Egypt was based around the life giving Nile river and this is also the case in the game. To provide food for your people you must build farms, hunting lodges or fishing boats. Each map has different resources and so only...

setimerenptah 27.07.2001 · Read review
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Review of Pharoah (PC)

Exciting Egypt!!

Advantages: cheap, only 5 hours away, amazing weather, amazing sites!
Disadvantages: heat (for some may be disadvantage), annoying hagglers

..., including the Hard Rock Cafe and there are lots of shops and market stalls to look at. Just beware this is Hagglers Row, it will take you a long time to get through all the stall holders so beware!! For the younger generation, or the older of course (!) there is Pacha so get your dancing shoes on!! Our main experience whilst in Egypt was the pyramids in Cairo! What an amazing sight and a MUST if you are contemplating a trip to Egypt! We booked ours through a seperate company at our hotel but can also be booked through your tour operator - however we did discover from our group on the trip that we had all paid quite different prices for the trip so its probably a good idea to shop around before you make your final decision. We ended up paying around £300 for the whole trip. We opted for the short 40min flight over to Cairo; you can take...

rhinoklo 23.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of General: Egypt

The Other Side To Egypt

Advantages: Very clean, excellent staff, superb facilities, great location
Disadvantages: Food is not labelled very well

...My boyfriend and 3 friends have just got back from staying in the Hilton Sharks Bay hotel in Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt. This hotel has been awarded 4 * and has 317 rooms. We mainly booked this holiday to complete our PADI open water diving course as The Red Sea is meant to be one of the best places to do this, and we found that it was reasonably priced to stay in the Hilton so off we went? Travel Time from The UK We flew from London Gatwick and our flight took just over 5 hours which I consider to be a relatively short flight to get to somewhere so hot ? not like my last flight which was 16 odd hours! Hilton Sharks Bay is very close to the airport and it took s about 15 minutes for the transfer which was included in the price of our holiday. Price We paid £575 per person for 11 nights on an all inclusive basis which I...

daylehall 28.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of Hilton Sharks Bay; Sharm El Sheik, Egypt

Blow the runes away - 7 Wonders of Ancient World DS puzzle game

Advantages: Fun game for a while, easy to play
Disadvantages: Too repetitive, to easy to complete

...This review is for the game, 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, a game for the Nintendo DS developed by Hot Lava Games and published by MumboJumbo Software. The game is essentially a puzzle game where you have to match up similar objects to progress through the game. The game is based on Bejeweled, a popular game where you have to match up three or more runes to be able to progress through the game. The title of the game is based on the seven different levels you work through, ie, the great pyramids, Temple of Artemis, Statue of Zeus, Mausolus Mausoleum, the Lighthouse of Alexandra, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the hanging gardens of Babylon. Really the game doesn?t change as you play it, you are faced just with differently design boards, and some additional features where you can blast away some of the runes in different ways such as...

julwhite 02.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of 7 Wonders of the Ancient World (Nintendo DS)

ENCHANTING EGYPT

Advantages: amazing country!! lots to see and do
Disadvantages: bash to tourism after masacre

...bottles of water and protect yourself from the sun. Dont follow our example and go at the hottest time of year! Also you must dress sensibly because Egypt is a Muslim country. During our stay we visited many ancient temples and the famous 'valley of the kings' and 'valley of the queens'. You really need to see them to appreciate how amzing they are, the sheer size and craftmanship that has gone into them. The hieroglyphs were magical and the massive statues breath-taking. I have to admit that it was a bit scary walking around the towns without a tour guide to show you around- the people were friendly enough but we felt like aliens. It was fascinating to see how people from other cultures live, it was also very romantic to watch the hubub of everyday life from our ship and hear the haunting call to prayers from the Minarets...

emilystobbs 07.02.2001 (14.10.2001) · Read review
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Review of General: Egypt