The extraordinary tapestry of Cairo's past and present comes vividly to life in this magisterial study by one of the top social historians of the Arab world. This deeply observed account shows Cairo from the glimmer of its beginnings in the Arab conquest of Egypt in 640 through its transformation into the modern center of Middle Eastern life today. 63 halftones. Maps & tables. ...

< I>The Nile < /I>tells the story of one of the world's most remarkable rivers. From its source in Equatorial Africa to the Mediterranean Sea four thousand miles away, the ancient Egyptians once revered the Nile as a god because of its life-giving water. Recently however, dams, canals, and pollutants have altered the river creating many problems that scientists and environmentalists are working to resolve. ...

This volume publishes forty-five inscriptions from Gebel Tjauti and forty-five inscriptions from Wadi el-Hol two major concentrations of rock inscriptions and rock art on pharaonic caravan routes of the Egyptian Western Desert. The inscriptions range in date from predynastic to Christian. Inscriptions of particular interest in this first volume include from Gebel Tjauti: a Naqada IID/IIIA tableau revealing important new information concerning ...

The author presents this volume with the hope he has succeeded in giving a connected and intelligible sketch and one sufficient for the attainment of the chief object he had in view, that of presenting the Egyptian as he really is to the many who, whether living in Egypt or out of it, have but few imperfect opportunities of learning to understand him. ...

Have you ever come to the place where it seemed like the bottom fell out of your world, financially and emotionally? When I was in such circumstances, God impressed upon me to begin this study, tracing Egypt and the world through the Word of God. As I watched how God's children in the Bible faced famine, fear, strife, and temptations from Egypt, I learned how to face my own times of worry about bills and ends that don't meet. I learned and am ...

Written and illustrated with 60 plates by Walter Tyndale. ...

"Egypt figured prominently in U.S. policy in the Middle East after World War II because of its strategic, political, and economic importance. Hahn explores the triangular relationship between the U.S., Great Britain, and Egypt in order to analyze American policy both in the region and within the context of a broader Cold War strategy."--"Book News, Inc." ...

The stuff that dreams are made of--and it's all real. --"Kirkus Reviews" "Seasons of Sand" entertains right through its surprise, disturbing ending, and leaves one with a sense of an exotic place and its people--everything that can be asked of a good travel book. --Brad Newsham, "SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLER" Frank and humorous, filled with marvelous people and the details of his own daily life, Aebi's book tells an original tale. --"PUBLISHERS ...

Early travels in search of the source of the Nile ...

Details an expedition to discover the sources of the Nile, in 1861. By the English explorer and author. "All is wild and brutal, hard and unfeeling." ...