This book highlights more than two hundred objects from public and private collections, offering a glimpse into Egypt from the perspective of its people, far removed from the clichés of royalty and divinity. Through ceramics, tools, household objects, and reconstructions, readers discover how the Nile, with its annual floods, shaped an agricultural, communal, and prosperous way of life in a desert environment. From the fertile valley to the oases, via the delta, the exhibition explores the vital link between geography, social organization, and millennia-old traditions.

158 pages – 18 cm x 26 cm – Softcover – ISBN 2-87149-035-X