by Isaac Asimov · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420635507
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«Los egipcios» is the historical essay by Isaac Asimov, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (269 pages, in Spanish).
Isaac Asimov covers the history of Egypt from the earliest prehistoric traces in the Nile Valley to the twentieth century, with particular attention to ancient Egypt. He recounts the rise, splendour and decline of the pharaonic civilisation, and then the Ptolemaic, Roman and Muslim periods, explaining the monumental and cultural legacy that has endured.
Third volume in the Asimov Universal History series. Original title: The Egyptians (1967); translation by Carlo A. Caranci. The Spanish edition was published in 1981.
The work is aimed at the general public interested in history and at readers seeking an accessible introduction to Egyptian civilisation.
Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. He wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as popular science and other non-fiction. His work spans nine out of the ten categories of the Dewey decimal system.
