Traveling through the deserts of Egypt : from 450 B.C. to the twentieth century / Travelling through the deserts of Egypt Travelling through the deserts of Egypt : From 450 B.C. to the twentieth century edited by Sahar Abdel-Hakim, Deborah Manley ; with illustrations by W.H. Bartlett. - xiii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230) and index.

The deserts of the imagination and reality -- The Western 'Libyan' Desert -- The Eastern Desert and Sinai Peninsula -- Preparations for the journey -- Starting out -- The desert day -- The desert night -- Nature in the desert -- Experiences of the desert -- The threats of the desert -- The people of the desert -- The return to the world.

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Travelers--History--Egypt


Egypt--Description and travel.

DT49.98 / .T72 2009

916.204