A review by sofer_mahir
Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt by Barbara Mertz

4.0

Every bit as witty and interesting as the first book. Mertz does not bore the reader with many technical details, and she unashamedly gives her own opinions on subjects about which there is debate (without getting into the weeds of those debates). That last point is important: All study of ancient history is contentious. If the author got down to explaining every side of every disputed point, this would no longer be a popular history!