Background history
A. M. Dodson and D. Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt Thames & Hudson, 2004.
A. B. Lloyd, A Companion to Ancient Egypt (2 vols) Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
R. Schulz and M. Seidel, Egypt. World of the Pharaohs Könemann UK, 1998.
I. M. E. Shaw (ed.), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt Oxford University Press, 2000.
Background archaeology
J. E. Baines and J. Málek, Cultural Atlas of Ancient Egypt (rev. edn) Phaidon Publishing, 2000.
K. A. Bard, An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt Wiley-Blackwell, 2007.
F. Goddio and A. Masson-Berghoff, Sunken Cities. Egypt’s Lost Worlds Thames & Hudson with The British Museum, 2016.
B. J. Kemp, Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization (2nd edn) Routledge, 2006.
B. J. Kemp, The City of Akhenaten and Nefertiti. Amarna and Its People Thames & Hudson, 2013.
M. Lehner, The Complete Pyramids. Solving the Ancient Mysteries Thames & Hudson, 1997.
M. Lehner and Z. Hawass, Giza and the Pyramids Thames & Hudson, 2017.
D. O’Connor, Abydos. Egypt’s First Pharaohs and the Cult of Osiris Thames & Hudson, 2011.
S. J. Quirke, The Cult of Ra. Sun-worship in Ancient Egypt Thames & Hudson, 2001.
C. N. Reeves and R. H. Wilkinson, The Complete Valley of the Kings. Tombs and Treasures of Egypt’s Greatest Pharaohs Thames & Hudson, 2008.
G. J. Shaw, The Pharaoh. Life at Court and on Campaign Thames & Hudson, 2012.
S. R. Snape, The Complete Cities of Ancient Egypt Thames & Hudson, 2014.
A complete academic listing of Egypt’s pharaonic archaeological sites is to be found in B. Porter and R. L. B. Moss, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings (7 vols), published by the Griffith Institute of the University of Oxford (see http://topbib.griffith.ox.ac.uk).
Art and Architecture
G. Robins, The Art of Ancient Egypt (rev. edn) British Museum Press, 2008.
D. Arnold, The Encyclopaedia of Ancient Egyptian Architecture Princeton University Press, 2003.
M. K. Hartwig (ed.), A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art Wiley-Blackwell, 2015.
J. Malek, Egyptian Art Phaidon, 1999 (a richly illustrated companion is the same author’s Egypt. 4000 Years of Art Phaidon, 2003).
D. Wildung, Egypt from Prehistory to the Romans Taschen World Architecture Series, 1997.
R. H. Wilkinson, The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt Thames & Hudson, 2000.
Older, influential books include:
C. Aldred, Egyptian Art in the Days of the Pharaohs 3100-320 BC Thames & Hudson, 1980.
T. G. H. James and W. V. Davies, Egyptian Sculpture Harvard University Press, 1983.
W. Stevenson Smith, The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt (rev. edn) Yale University Press / Pelican History of Art, 1981.
H. Schäfer, Principles of Egyptian Art Griffith Institute, 1974, is a seminal book, originally dating from 1919 but available in an English translation of the 1963 4th edition, which is sparsely illustrated and philosophically obsolescent but still repays close attention.
Specific topics
A long-running series of perennially useful introductions to many specific aspects of ancient Egyptian art and culture has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing under the imprimatur Shire Egyptology. Other suggestions for initial further reading include the following:
Techniques and technical matters
D. Arnold, Building in Egypt. Pharaonic Stone Masonry Oxford University Press, 1991.
W. V. Davies, Colour and Painting in Ancient Egypt British Museum Press, 2001.
G. Robins, Proportion and Style in Ancient Egyptian Art Thames & Hudson, 1994.
I. M. E. Shaw and P. T. Nicholson (eds), Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Coffins, tombs and the Book of the Dead
A. M. Dodson and S. Ikram, The Mummy in Ancient Egypt. Equipping the Dead for Eternity Thames & Hudson, 1998.
A. M. Dodson and S. Ikram, The Tomb in Ancient Egypt. Royal and Private Sepulchres from the Early Dynastic Period to the Romans Thames & Hudson, 2008.
R. O. Faulkner, The Egyptian Book of the Dead. The Book of Going Forth by Day Chronicle Books, 1994.
Iconography
R. H. Wilkinson, Reading Egyptian Art. A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Egyptian Painting and Sculpture Thames & Hudson, 1994.
Jewelry and amulets
C. Aldred, Jewels of the Pharaohs. Egyptian Jewellery of the Dynastic Period Thames & Hudson, 1971.
C. Andrews, Ancient Egyptian Jewellery British Museum Press, 1990.
C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt University of Texas Press, 1994.
H. W. Müller and E. Thiem, Gold of the Pharaohs Cornell University Press, 1999.
‘Faiyum portraits’
E. Doxiadis, The Mysterious Fayum Portraits. Faces from Ancient Egypt Thames & Hudson, 1995.
P. Roberts, Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt The British Museum Press, 2008.
The Community at Deir el-Medina
A. McDowell, Village Life in Ancient Egypt. Laundry Lists and Love Songs Oxford University Press, 1999.
J. Romer, Ancient Lives. The Story of the Pharaohs’ Tombmakers Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1984.
Exhibition catalogues
Most of the museums highlighted in this book make their collections of ancient Egyptian art publicly accessible through their websites. Some older and invaluable catalogue publications include:
D. Arnold, K. Grzymski and C. Ziegler (eds), Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999.
E. Brovarski et al. (eds), Egypt’s Golden Age. The Art of Living in the New Kingdom 1558-1085 B.C. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1982.
E. R. Russmann, Eternal Egypt. Masterworks of Ancient Art from The British Museum The British Museum Press with American Federation of Arts, 2001.
F. Tiradritti (ed.), Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo Harry N. Abrams, 1999.