Ancient Egypt Fiction
Explore the best Ancient Egypt fiction books with our curated list of timeless tales. Dive into pharaohs, pyramids, and myths in these captivating historical novels.
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The Egyptian
by Mika Waltari
Set in Egypt, more than a thousand years before Christ, it encompasses all of the then-known world. It is told by Sinhue, physician to the Pharaoh Akhenaton, and is the story of his life. Through his eyes are seen innumerable characters, fully drawn and covering the whole panorama of the ancient world.
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The Seventh Scroll
by Wilbur Smith
The discovery of the Seventh Scroll, an ancient Egyptian papyrus containing the secret to a pharaoh's hidden tomb and its wealth, unleashes a deadly race to find the secret treasure.
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A God Against the Gods
by Allen Drury
Set in the Egyptian past, a royal family is divided, and bloody power ploys and religious wars convulse in this mighty kingdom.
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Reflections in the Nile
by J. Suzanne Frank
While visiting her archaeologist sister in Egypt, Dallas artist Chloe Kingsley steps into a forbidden chamber and is whisked back in time to the biblical Exodus.
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Mirage
by Pauline Gedge
In a tale of ancient Egypt, Prince Khwaemwaset, son of Ramses the Second, falls in love with the mysterious Tbubui, a woman with a terrible secret who contributes to the destruction of his family
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Lady of the Reeds
by Pauline Gedge
In ancient Egypt, a peasant girl becomes an apprentice to the court physician and it's not long before she is treating Ramses III himself. So impressed is the pharaoh with her, he makes her his concubine, a position of great power, but court life is full of intrigue.
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House of Illusions
by Pauline Gedge
In ancient Egypt, a banished royal concubine seeks revenge on the people who framed her. She is Thu, said to have plotted to kill the pharaoh. Thu sends a letter to the pharaoh explaining the truth and narrowly escapes death when the conspirators intercept it. But eventually the truth comes out, she is restored to her position and reunited with her son.
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The Twelfth Transforming
by Pauline Gedge
Part of a popular line of historical thrillers set in Egypt, this second volume in Gedge's bestselling series reconstructs the court of Akhenaten, one of ancient Egypt's most controversial and colorful rulers, whose reign lead to the near-collapse of his empire some 2,500 years ago. A lustrous tale of Pharaonic decadence. --The New York Times
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The Hippopotamus Marsh
by Pauline Gedge
The first in a trilogy about the descendants of the last true king of Egypt who revolt against foreign rule.
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Nefer the Silent
by Christian Jacq
On back cover: Christian Jacq brings the people and the passions of ancient Egypt to life in an entralling epic novel in four volumes.
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The Right Hand of Amon
by Lauren Haney
When Kings Walked As Living Gods It is the eighteenth dynasty of Queen Maatkare Hatshepsut, divine ruler of a sun-seared realm. And blood flows as freely as the great, winding Nile that nourishes this ancient land of intrigue and danger. Lieutenant Bak is a loyal servant of the royal house of Egypt--commander of the Medjay police in the frontier fortress city of Buhen. A man of honor and ability, it is he who must oversee the corps assigned to accompany the golden idol, the god Amon, on its journey up the Nile to heal the ailing son of a powerful tribal king. But the mighty river has yielded up a sinister "treasure": the body of a brave soldier horrifically slain for reasons unknown. And only the drawings of a missing mute boy can help Bak unravel the mystery of the officer's foul death--before it leads to far greater crimes that could imperil an empire. WHEN KINGS WALKED AS LIVING GODS It is the eighteenth dynasty of Queen Maatkare Hatshepsut, divine ruler of a sun-seared realm. And blood flows as freely as the great, winding Nile that nourishes this ancient land of intrigue and danger. Lieutenant Bak is a loyal servant of the royal house of Egypt--commander of the Medjay police in the frontier fortress city of Buhen. A man of honor and ability, it is he who must oversee the corps assigned to accompany the golden idol, the god Amon, on its journey up the Nile to heal the ailing son of a powerful tribal king. But the mighty river has yielded up a sinister treasure: the body of a brave soldier horrifically slain for reasons unknown. And only the drawings of a missing mute boy can help Bak unravel the mystery of the officers foul death--before it leads to far greater crimes that could imperil an empire.
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The Eye of Horus
by Carol Thurston
Hired by the Egyptology department of a Denver museum to create displays for an exhibit, medical illustrator Kate McKinnon encounters an intriguing enigma: the mummy of a young woman who lived thirty-three centuries ago, her ribs broken, one hand shattered, and a man's skull between her legs. With the aid of radiologist Max Cavanaugh, employing the latest forensic and medical imaging techniques, Kate starts to unravel the millennia-old puzzle. And as the mummy's remarkable secrets come to light, a parallel story begins to unfold of a young girl born into a nest of vipers in an age when godlike pharaohs reigned in unimaginable splendor. Suddenly Kate finds herself on a twisting path leading her deeper into the shadows of anciet Kemet...and ever closer to the shocking revelations of a crime so staggering its horrific power remains undimished by the relentless passage of time.
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Her-Bak
by Isha Schwaller de Lubicz
In these fictional accounts, the wisdom of Ancient Egypt is revealed through the eyes of a young Her-Bak, a candidate for initiation into the Inner Temple. The events related take place between the XX and XXI dynasties. In this volume Her-Bak's training in the living school of Nature and in the Outer Temple unfolds.
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So Moses Was Born
by Joan Grant
Nebunefer, brother to Ramoses, who is Pharaoh, seeks refuge with his wife in the land of the Living Waters to escape the schemes of Pharaoh's mother. Yet his intuitive powers enable him to predict the birth of a true son of Horus to Ramoses. Nebunefer, however, knows that the child will become more than Pharaoh. He will become Moses, the Lawgiver. So Moses Was Born brings a familiar story to life in a new and profound way, illustrating the ways that the inner government of life operates and influences human civilization. The next step forward on the spiritual path often represents something far different than what we expected.