| Edition |
Revised edition. |
| Description |
417 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Preface to the third edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Part 1: -- Land and the river -- People, professions and leisure -- Government -- Pharaonic Egypt and its neighbors -- Cities of God -- Death and burial -- Mansions of eternity -- Graeco-Roman twilight -- Pharaonic heritage -- Part 2: -- Delta -- Cairo and Environs 1: Ancient Pharaonic monuments -- Cairo and Environs 2: Christian and Islamic site (Nicholas Warner) -- Giza to Abusir -- Memphis and Saqqara -- Southern Pyramid fields and the Faiyum -- Middle Egypt -- Abydos to Luxor -- Luxor, East Bank -- Luxor, West Bank: Royal monuments -- Luxor, West Bank: Private monuments -- Luxor to Aswan -- Aswan -- Beyond the borders -- Part 3: -- Practical information (Nicholas Warner) -- Travel in Egypt -- Guide to cities and towns -- Capsule King list and history of ancient Egypt -- Further reading -- General index -- Index of localities -- List Of Maps: -- Delta -- Alexandria -- Central Cairo -- Old Cairo: Roman and Christian Quarter (Babylon) -- Medieval Cairo, from North to South of the Old City Walls: -- Cairene Monuments from the Ibn-Tulun Mosque to the Citadel -- Monuments of Cairo's Southern Cemetery -- Monuments of Cairo's Northern Cemetery -- Pyramid fields from Abu Rawash to the Faiyum -- Faiyum -- Luxor, East Bank -- Luxor, West Bank -- Aswan region -- Town of Aswan, Monuments -- Sinai -- Oases of Kharga and Dakhla -- Bahriya Oasis -- Siwa Oasis. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Subject |
Egypt -- Guidebooks.
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Egypt -- History -- To 640 A.D.
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Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.C.
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Egypt -- Civilization -- 332 B.C.-638 A.D.
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| Added Author |
Dodson, Aidan, 1962-
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Warner, Nicholas.
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| ISBN |
9781566568586 paperback |
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1566568587 paperback |
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