TY - BOOK AU - Abdel-Hakim,Sahar AU - Manley,Deborah TI - Traveling through the deserts of Egypt: from 450 B.C. to the twentieth century SN - 9774163133 AV - DT49.98 .T72 2009 U1 - 916.204 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Cairo, New York PB - American University in Cairo Press KW - Travelers KW - Egypt KW - History KW - Description and travel N1 - 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 ER -