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Naguib Mahfouz: Three Novels of Ancient Egypt by Naguib Mahfouz
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The Eagle of the Ninth
Rosemary Sutcliff - 1954
Set in Roman Britain this story is of a young Roman officer who sets out to discover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of the Ninth Legion, who marched into the mists of Northern Britain and never returned.
Ancient Evenings
Norman Mailer - 1983
Crossing three millennia to Pharaonic Egypt, this tale returns to that land's essences - the war, magic, gods, death and reincarnations, the lusts, ambitions, jealousies, and betrayals.