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The Nile: Egypt's eternal river -- Aswan: source of the Nile -- The deep south: where Egypt began -- Luxor: city of wonders -- Western Thebes: realm of the dead -- Qift and Qena: the centre and the provinces -- Abydos: place of mysteries -- Middle Egypt: cradle of religion -- The Fayum: a lake in the desert -- Cairo: Egypt's capital. |
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A hypnotic journey in the company of one of the world's most acclaimed Egyptologists over the fabled river telling how the Nile continually brought life to an ancient civilization now dead and how it sustained its successors, now in tumult. Renowned Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson leads us through space as much as time: from the river's mystical sources (the Blue Nile which rises in Ethiopia, and the White Nile coursing from majestic Lake Victoria); to Thebes, with its Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens, and Luxor Temple; the fertile Delta; Giza, home of the Great Pyramid, the sole surviving Wonder of the Ancient World; and finally, to the pulsating capital city of Cairo, where the Arab Spring erupted on the bridges over the Nile. Along the way, he introduces us to mysterious and fabled characters-the gods, godlike pharaohs, emperors and empresses, who joined their fate to the Nile and gained immortality; the adventurers, archaeologists, and historians who have all fallen under its spell. With matchless erudition and storytelling skill, through a lens equal to both panoramas and close-ups, Wilkinson brings millennia of history into view. |
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"Originally published by Bloomsbury, London, in 2014." |
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Traces the history of the famous river to illuminate the civilizations it renewed and sustained, documenting the stories of real and fabled characters whose experiences were intertwined with the Nile. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
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History.
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History. |
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Nile River Valley -- Description and travel.
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Wilkinson, Toby A. H. -- Travel -- Nile River.
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Nile River Valley -- History.
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Egypt -- Civilization.
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Electronic books. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Wilkinson, Toby A. H. Nile New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014 9780385351553 (DLC) 2013045874 (OCoLC)858366318 |
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9780385351560 : $53.85 |
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0385351569 : $53.85 |
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