Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt is a really nice "history" of ancient Egypt, with more emphasis on the lives of the common people than you sometimes get in books like this. It's by Barbara Mertz, who is perhaps better known (in this thread, at least) as Elizabeth Peters, the author of the Amelia Peabody, Jacqueline Kirby, and Vicky Bliss mystery series.
Red Land has dropped to $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US - here's a cross-post to more info in the Non-fiction thread:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=4132896