Greater Than a Tourist- Cairo Egypt (Greater Than a Tourist, #101)
by Greater Than a Tourist and Gihan Amin
The Missing Knowledge Of Ancient Egyptian Technology
by Delmar Drumheiser
Amelia Edwards was born in London in 1831, the daughter of an army officer. This book describes a 1000 mile journey up the Nile she undertook in 1873. Although the trip was initially undertaken to escape the rain in Europe, Edwards was no vacuous tourist; her lively account of Ancient Egypt's great antiquities made this book a bestseller of its day. Following this journey, Amelia Edwards went on to become one of Britain's leading Egyptologists and to endow the country's first chair in the subjec...
Philosophical Dissertations on the Egyptians and Chinese V2 (1795)
by Cornelius De Pauw
Designed specifically for families with children, this guide provides all families living in Cairo, expatriate and Egyptian alike, with the resources and information needed to explore the city. Organized by geographic area, each section begins with an overview of the area's history and residents. The authors then take readers on a detailed journey to the treasures of each Cairo neighbourhood, with photographs, line drawings, a map that pinpoints sites of interest, and plans of museums and other...
Author Bentley, an American raised in Cairo with more than 20 years of Egypt experience, provides readers with an insider's knowledge and insight. The towering monuments of Thebes; the world-famous pyramids; the minarets, shopping and nightlife of Cairo; and the 6th-century monastery on Mount Sinai where Moses received the Ten Commandments are highlights of any trip to Egypt, but Bentley also shows readers where to go diving in the Red Sea, where to ride Arabian horses at night in the moonlit de...
The Archaeology Hotspots series offers reader-friendly and engaging narratives of the archaeology in particular countries. Written by archaeological experts with a general reader in mind, each book in the series focuses on what has been found and by whom, what the controversies and scandals have been, ongoing projects, and how it all fits into a broader view of the history of the country. In Archaeology Hotspot Egypt, scholar Julian Heath provides a chronological overview beginning with handax...
Ranging from Abai to Zeleia, from massive temples in Egypt to modest tombs in Turkey, oracles were a major feature of the religions of many ancient cultures until their demise under the Christian Roman emperors. This work is a guide to all the known oracles of the ancient world. The greater part of it is devoted to an alphabetical listing providing details of nearly 300 sites in more than 25 countries where oracles of one kind or another functioned in antiquity. The text is extensively cross-ref...
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Voyages Dans La Basse Et La Haute Egypte Pendant Les Campagnes de Bonaparte. [2] (Ed.1817) (Histoire)
by Dominique Vivant Denon