If ancient Egypt truly was the cradle of civilization, this cover is the daycare finger painting pinned up with a magnet shaped like Anubis. “Legends of the Pharaohs” boldly promises the story of Egypt’s Golden Age—but visually delivers a history book fever dream mashed through Photoshop by someone who probably believes hieroglyphs are just early emojis.
Let’s start with the scene, which appears to be the lovechild of Google Image Search and a badly tuned AI generator. We’re treated to an impossibly vast desert littered with temples, pyramids, giant statues, and… ghost people? The figures in the foreground appear to be rising from the sands like the opening act of a mummy-themed interpretive dance troupe. They cast no real shadows, scale is all over the place, and most of them look like they’ve been copied, pasted, and lightly erased like a school project gone rogue.
The colour palette is a soft sandstorm of sepia filters trying to disguise the crime scene underneath. Lighting? Nonexistent. Some structures are basking in golden light while others sit in ominous twilight, often just centimetres apart. The pyramids are doing their best to look majestic, but one can’t help feeling like they’re embarrassed to be here. Even the Sphinx seems to be phasing into another dimension to escape this layout.
Now, let’s talk typography—the true final insult of this design crime spree. “LEGENDS OF THE PHARAOHS” is set in a default font that screams Microsoft Word 2003: Papyrus Edition. Meanwhile, the subtitle “The Story Of Egypt’s Golden Age” floats underneath like an afterthought, clinging to relevance with the spacing and alignment of a lost tourist on a camel. There’s no cohesion. No hierarchy. No visual rhythm. Just text slapped on like a discount museum label.
Perhaps most offensive is the blatant stock photo buffet. This cover doesn’t just use stock—it celebrates it. Nothing has been integrated. Nothing feels authentic. It’s as if each element is screaming, “I came from a different Shutterstock collection!” and they’re all arguing over who gets top billing. Spoiler: they all lose.
In conclusion, “Legends of the Pharaohs” is less a golden age and more a golden mess—proof that even the mighty ancient world can fall victim to modern design catastrophe. Somewhere, a pyramid just crumbled out of sheer aesthetic shame.