Toby Wilkinson
Toby Wilkinson read Egyptology at Cambridge University. Since January 2004, he has been a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Egyptian History and has broadcast on radio and TV in the UK and abroad, including BBC’s ‘Horizon’ and Channel 4’s ‘Private Lives of the Pharaohs’. He was also the consultant for the BBC’s award-winning documentary on the building of the Great Pyramid. His books include the critically acclaimed Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt and Dictionary of Ancient Egypt, and he edited the recent encyclopaedia, The Egyptian World.
Books by Toby Wilkinson
Tutankhamun's Trumpet: The Story of Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects
by Toby Wilkinson
Tutankhamun’s Trumpet: The Story of Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects is a good, accessible introduction to the Nile civilisation of more than three millennia ago by Cambridge Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson.
A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology
by Toby Wilkinson
A World Beneath the Sands by Cambridge Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson tells the story of our encounter with ancient Egypt, from the Greeks and the first time a celebrity tourist—Julius Caesar—went down the Nile to the 20th century. He focuses on a "heyday of Egyptology" bookmarked by two epoch-making events: the decipherment of hieroglyphics, thanks to the Rosetta Stone, in 1822 and the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb a century later.
Our interview with Toby on Ancient Egypt is one of our most-read interviews on Five Books.
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
by Toby Wilkinson
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt won the 2011 Hessell-Tiltman Prize, awarded annually for a history book of high literary merit and not primarily written for the academic market. (You can read our interview with Toby Wilkinson recommending books on Ancient Egypt here.)
Interviews with Toby Wilkinson
The best books on Ancient Egypt, recommended by Toby Wilkinson
The Cambridge Egyptologist discusses his favourite works on Ancient Egypt, from the first book he bought on the subject to an authoritative coffee-table tome.
