I read this during November - I was only doing two days a week of Click & Collect during the month-long lockdown so had time to indulge in reading history - but I'm still thinking about the information in it now. Which has to be a good sign. I've had an interest in ancient Egypt for a long time (yes, I'm old enough to remember the 1972 London exhibition - we didn't go but I saw it on Newsround or Blue Peter) but this filled in lots of little gaps in my knowledge. I was particularly interested in the way that Egyptology became a matter of national pride, with Britain and France facing off over ankhs and scarabs for centuries - seeing off Germany and even the USA in the end - before finally allowing Egypt the rights to their own artefacts and history. I do particularly enjoy history which covers more than just the obvious and this book touches on colonialism, the Napoleonic Wars, academic rivalries and Middle-Eastern politics. All in all, a fascinating read.