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From Amazon.com: Archaeological excavations at Sakkara, the necropolis of ancient Memphis, have uncovered important evidence about Egyptian civilization in the first two dynasties 3200-2780 BC. This book provides a survey of what we know, through these discoveries, of the cultural achievements of the great people who lived on the banks of the Nile nearly 5000 years ago.

From School Library Journal: Quoting extensively from 19th-and 20th-century Egyptologists, as well as from available ancient sources, Nardo presents a great deal of information in a smooth narrative, accompanied by archival photographs and reproductions of artifacts, illustrations from the past century or so, and even scenes taken from films and documentaries.

The daughter of a priest of Ra marries Pharaoh's vizier Joseph and struggles with questions of love and faith.

From a review in Cambridge Archaeological Journal 7:1 (1997), 123-37: The ideology of imperialism is a broad theme, replete with the deeds of powerful historical figures glorying in their heroic achievements. There are also the conquered peoples to consider, often less centralized or less powerful than their oppressors. [...] To what extent, then, was Egyptian involvement in Nubia driven by hard-headed profit motives ? Was royal propaganda merely the ideological icing on the economic cake ? [...]