The first English-language, multivolume reference work on ancient Egypt that spans all fields--archaeology, biography, history, language, social history, and more--combined with the imprint of arguably the world's most famous name in reference publishing results in work that, not surprisingly, should find its way to the shelves of virtually all public, academic, and even some secondary-school libraries. The ancient Egyptian civilization is one that has fascinated people from all walks of life for centuries, but it is only now that we have an English-language reference work that does justice to all aspects of this fascinating civilization.

《永恒的辉煌:古代埃及文明》主要内容简介：埃及一直是招惹我们好奇心的国度,她悠远的历史就像天生异香的异域美女一样,香气弥漫,引人遐想,经久不散。金寿福的《永恒的辉煌:古代埃及文明》是一本原汁原味的书,遣词造句都很简单,但朴实的外表下包裹着诱人的内核,那就是对遥远异乡埃及的熟悉与理解。人神合一的理念使埃及显得尤为神秘,埃及的历史就是一部王者征服的史诗,为圣人立言是叙述和追忆埃及时不得不采取的语气。埃及的魅力在于她对于自己文化的不遗余力的昭示,从吉萨的金字塔、卡纳克的阿蒙神庙和国王谷的王陵到阿布·辛拜勒的拉美西斯二世的庙宇,这些遥远的建筑至今还在顽强地向人类和自然展示它们的存在和继续存在的权利。金寿福认为,古代埃及的文物和遗迹都是古代埃及人追求永恒的生命的结果。对古代埃及人来说,试图让今生今世永远存在下去的方式都值得尝试。他们留下了墓室、墓碑、雕像,甚至他们的躯体也通过木乃伊保存至今。虽然古代埃及的历史终结了,但是,我们现在通过古代埃及人留下来的文物和文字不仅能看到他们当时活动的外部表现,而且还能了解他们当时的思想和感情。埃及的辉煌曾经无以复加,作为四大文明古国之一而被铭记。