My second book about Ancient Egypt "Myhat in Egypt, Through the Eyes of a God", is available on Amazon as a paperback and on Kindle and also as a free mp3 for those that cannot or don't want to read. This one is the true account of Ed and Ana's visits to Egypt as tourists in 1989, 1990 and later. They went to Cairo, saw and entered the pyramids of Khufu and Kharfe, Saqqara and other sites. In Luxor they saw the great temples of Karnak and Luxor, that of Hatshepsut on the West bank, The Valley of the Kings and much more, before exploring a hidden tomb and finding themselves 4000 years in the past, where they met people who spoke English and the boy Ameny who was about to become King. As they travelled up the Nile with Ameny they realised that they were not the first people to visit from the future. They solved the mystery of a missing boy and witnessed the murder of their travelling companion, Professor Bertie, lucky to escape with their own lives. The story is told by the strange "MyHat". I hope that you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing i!.
Thursday, 2 July 2026
Monday, 29 June 2026
Visualisation from 'Myhat in Egypt: Through the Eyes of a God' by Alun Buffry
ALSO AVAILABLE AS FREE A VOICE-READER MP3, FOR THOSE UANABLE OR NOT WANTING TO READ
Saturday, 27 June 2026
INTRODUCING FROM DOT TO CLEOPATRA, A CONCISE HISTORY OF ANCIENT EGYPT BY ALUN BUFFRY
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
Wednesday, 4 February 2026
Hardback Edition of From Dot to Cleopatra
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1919212949
From Dot to Cleopatra is precisely what it says: a hisstory of
ancient Egypt suitable for everyone from the holiday traveller to the
more serious student, it contains a wealth of information including
tables of Gods, Pharoahs and Pyramide as well as a guide to visiting the
ancient sites of modern Egypt.
Publisher's comments:
Alun
Buffry's From Dot to Cleopatra takes out the confusion and presents the
facts and the mystery in a plain-speaking guide which takes the reader
from year dot before the beginning of recorded history to the time of
Cleopatra's death. Thousands of years of Egyptian culture, with special
reference to the pyramids, are recounted in a manner which does not
baffle and assumes no previous knowledge of this history. The author
leads us comfortably through a whole field of fact and theory recorded
by antiquarians, archaeologists, pre-historians, treasure and fame
hunters, even a crank or two! Here are the names, Nomes, Pharaohs, gods,
kings, pyramids, obelisks, sphinxes and mummies, dynasty by dynasty:
here, too, the legends, discoveries and great questions. At home or
visiting Egypt, readers are saved much research as Alun Buffry gets to
the core. He's a scientist, so he doesn't accept things as true unless
they are proved, but he doesn't dismiss a theory because he doesn't
agree with it. He is a fireside fabler and chronicler too, bringing us
to our own conclusions as he tells the oldest stories which, with 'From
Dot to Cleopatra', anyone can follow. This is an up-to-date reference
book which can easily be read in a few days or dipped into for years. It
includes a guides to the monuments and, a bonus for serious
Egyptologists, the author's list of Pharaohs. You'll find plenty of
mystery with the history, enough to share the fascination in Ancient
Egypt which has lured explorers and amazed everyone else for centuries.
Reader's comments: "I was never very interested in Ancient Egypt until I
read "From Dot to Cleopatra", now I am fascinated by it." : Dr Anne
Biezanek "Knowing Alun personally I decided to read his book. I am not a
great reader but this was easy going. Every time I put it down I had to
pick it up again soon, until I finished it. Now I will read it again.
Alun writes as he talks, his humour is always there." : Jane Appleton,
Housewife "We both thoroughly enjoyed From Dot to Cleopatra": Rev Robin
and Rev Adrienne Scott "I can hardly believe how well you managed to
include so much information on such a huge subject in such a small book
in such a readable and presentable fashion." : John Adam, Web Designer.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
WHEN WAS DOT? FACT, THEORY AND FICTION THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS GODS AND
GODDESSES DIVINE PLAY TOMBS, PYRAMIDS AND MUMMIES THE GREAT PYRAMID OF
CHEOPS : FACTS A MILLENNIUM AND A HALF MOSES, MAGIC AND WRITING THE
EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY MORE RAMESSES THE LATE PERIOD AND THE GREEKS THE
PTOLEMIES CLEOPATRA, JULIUS AND MARCUS DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT
VISITING THE MONUMENTS GLOSSARY
First published in softback by
Frontier 2000 Publishing, in 1997, the paperback version was so popular
that it has been republished by ABeFree Publishing asa hardcover.
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
New Book: Heads, Hats and Tall Tales, Travels in India, Nepal and Egypt: 3 Books in 1
Memoirs of my travels in India 1972, India, Nepal and Kashmir in
1981 and 1985, and Egypt in 1989, 1990 and 2010, along with a murder
mystery and poems - includes the nitty-gritty from my previous books
"All About My Hat The Hippy Trail 1972", "Back to the East, India, Nepal
and Kashmir", and "Myhat in Egypt Through the Eyes of a God" - all in
one book.
It's a very different world today.
Alun Buffry
was born in Wales in 1950 and studied Chemistry at UEA. In 1972, he
travelled overland to India, with little money or support, becoming ill
in India and spending time in hospitals in Delhi, Kabul and Tehran.
After returning to the UK later that year, he became a follower of Prem
Rawat, then also known as Guru Maharaji, whom he still follows today. In
1991 he spent time in HMP for cannabis offences. After his release he
started writing his books which contain personal accounts of his life
experiences and travels, as well as poetry and science fiction..
In
1999 he co-founded the <a href="http://www.ccguide.org/lca/lca.php"Legalise Cannabis Alliance (LCA)</a> with Jack
Girling, He stood for Parliament in 2001and local council elections in
Norwich As well as many published letters, interviews and speeches, he
spoke in a debate on cannabis legalisation at the Oxford Union and
testified before A Select Committee in Parliament.
His other books are
"From
Dot to Cleopatra", a concise history of Ancient Egypt, "The Effie
Enigma, The Motherless Mothers" (Sci-fi), "Out of Joint, 20 Years of
Campaigning for Cannabis 1991 - 2010", "My Piece of Peace£, "Time for
Cannabis, The Prison Years", Inside my Hat and other Heads" (poetry with
others), "Words of Weed and Wisdom" (poetry with others), "An
Alliance-of Eyes" (poetry with others), "Damage and Humanity in Custody"
with William D Hutchinson, "If Only Suomi" time-travelling romance",
"Legalise and Utilise Commemorative Edition", "Cannabis: Challenging the
Criminal Justice System" with Don Barnard.
<a href="http:/www.buffry.org.uk/abefreepublishing.html">SEE HERE</a>
Sunday, 13 August 2023
Life on the Brim: The Autobiography of a Hat: 3 books in one
Wednesday, 25 January 2023
Thursday, 12 January 2023
Life on the Brim - Travels in India, Egypt and Ancient Egypt - two books in one
Life on the Brim: The Autobiography of a Hat (Paperback)
Two books in one. The adventures of Myhat on the journey to India previously published in “All About My Hat The Hippy Trail 1972” have been described as humorous and educational, whilst “MyHat in Egypt Through the Eyes of a God” takes the reader through modern day tourism in Egypt to fantasy time travel and murder mystery in ancient Egypt.
Now with 360 pages, the reader can enjoy the best of both.
MyHat speaks: “I am a Fedora hat, but no ordinary hat, as I am blessed with the power of observation. I can see and hear through the eyes of the head that I sit on, which enabled me to travel the world and learn.
“These are my memories of my journeys with Al and later with Ed and Ana.
“I first met Al in 1972 in Greece and we travelled on what became known as the Hippy Trail through Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan to India, where Al became impoverished and ill. After several stays in hospital we returned to the UK.
“Those were remarkable times, passing through countries and cities that nowadays, in 2022, are often inaccessible and far more dangerous than in the days of drugs and flower-power.
“Later I was passed to a new head, a man called Ed, and was fortunate to visit Egypt with his lady Ana.
“We
saw Cairo and Luxor with their many pyramids, temples and tombs in 1989
and 1990. Once again we visited Luxor in 2010, and travelled 4000 years
into the past where something even more extraordinary happened.
“So these are my tales of love, mystery, history and murder on the Nile.”
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1838440135/ref=nosim?tag=webbooks05
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0993210775/ref=nosim?tag=webbooks05
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
Life on the Brim: The Autobiography of a Hat
Two books in one. The adventures of Myhat on the journey to India previously published in “All About My Hat The Hippy Trail 1972” have been described as humorous and educational, whilst “MyHat inEgypt Through the Eyes of a God” took the reader through modern day tourism in Egypt to the fantasy time travel and murder mystery in ancient Egypt.
Now with 360 pages, the reader can enjoy the best of both.
MyHat speaks: “I am a Fedora hat, but no ordinary hat, as I am blessed with the power of observation. I can see and hear through the eyes of the head that I sit on, which enabled me to travel the world and learn.
“These are my memories of my journeys with Al and later with Ed and Ana.
“I first met Al in 1972 in Greece and we travelled on what became known as the Hippy Trail through Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan to India, where Al became impoverished and ill. After several stays in hospital we returned to the UK.
“Those were remarkable time,s passing through countries and cities that nowadays, in 2022, are often inaccessible and far more dangerous than in the days of drugs and flower-power.
“Later I was
passed to a new head, a man called Ed, and was fortunate to visit
Egypt with his lady Ana.
“We saw Cairo and
Luxor with their many pyramids, temples and tombs in 1989 and 1990.
Once again we visited Luxor in 2010, and travelled 4000 years into
the past where something even more extraordinary happened.
“So these are my tales of love, mystery, history and murder on the Nile.”
