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How long does it take to read The Civilization of Ancient Egypt?

Paul Bede Johnson, Paul Johnson

The Civilization of Ancient Egypt by Paul Bede Johnson, Paul Johnson takes about 4 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 4 hours 24 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1978. 240 pages, about 66,000 words.

9 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 7 hours 20 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 24 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 45 minutes

The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

"From the beginning of Egyptian culture to the rediscovery of the pharaohs, the book covers the totalitarian theocracy, the empire of the Nile, the structure of dynastic Egypt, the dynastic way of death, hieroglyphs, the anatomy of pre-perspective art and, finally, the decline and fall of the pharaohs."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects: Civilization, Egypt, civilization, History, Antiquities, Egypt, history, Egypt, antiquities

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