The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Egypt provides a lively and accessible introduction to ancient Egyptian life for general readers and students. The nearly independent chapters provide a comprehensive survey of ancient Egypt and its rich and well-documented culture. In addition to individual chapter bibliographies there is a general bibliography, an annotated list of important museum collections, a king list with a selected set of illustrated royal cartouches, and a general index.

Highlights include:

Lively overviews distilled from the latest discoveries and research
Maps, plans, reconstruction drawings, chronologies, site lists and recommendations for further reading
Hundreds of color and black-and-white illustrations