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Knopf Guide: Egypt

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ISBN-10: 0375711104

ISBN-13: 9780375711107

Edition: N/A

Authors: Knopf Guides

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List price: $29.95
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 4.50" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

How to use this guide
Introduction to the itineraries
The authors
Encyclopedia section
Nature
The Nile Valley
Climate
Lake Nasser
Coral reef
Mangrove forests
Sinai
Animals of Ancient Egypt
Fauna of the archeological sites
History, Language and Religion
Pre-Pharaonic Egypt
The Nile in Pharaonic times
Life and death in Ancient Egypt
From the Arab conquest to modern times
Language
Religion
Architecture
Pharaonic architecture:
Construction techniques
Religious architecture
Funerary architecture
Civil architecture
Military architecture
History of excavations
Restoration techniques
Coptic monastic architecture
Islamic architecture
Mosques
Religious establishments
Funerary architecture
Domestic architecture
"Wakala"
Arts and Traditions
Boats
Rituals and ceremonies
Festivals and pilgrimages
Music and dance
Craft trades
Cafes
Food: "fuul"
Horses
Falconry
Egypt as Seen by Painters
Egypt Expedition's scientific mission
Early Orientalists
Orientalists
Contemporary artists
Egyptian artists
Egypt as Seen by Writers
Itineraries in Egypt
Alexandria
The city of Alexandria
Graeco-Roman Museum
Catacombs
Around Alexandria
Nile Delta
Cairo to Rosetta
Champollion and hieroglyphics
Cairo to Damietta
Cairo to Tanis
Suez Canal
Sinal
South Sinai
Sinai mountains
St Catherine's Monastery
Mount Sinai
Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea
North Sinai
Deserts
Libyan Desert
Siwa Oasis
Kharga Oasis
Arabian Desert
Cairo
The city center
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
El-Hussein and Khan el-Khalili
El-Azhar
Darb el-Ahmar
The Citadel
Midan Salah ad-Din
Islamic Museum
Old Cairo
Coptic Museum
Cemeteries
Memphis
Saqqara
Memphis to the Faiyum
Dahshur
Lisht
Meidum
Illahun
Ihnasiya el-Medina
The Faiyum
Kom Ushim
Medinet el-Faiyum
El-Minia to Thebes
El-Minia
Beni Hassan
Hermopolis
Tuna el-Jebel
Tell el-Amarna
Assiut
Abydos
Dendera
Thebes
Temple of Luxor
Temple of Karnak
Valley of the Kings
Tomb of Tutankhamun
Temple of Sety I
Deir el-Bahari
Necropolis of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Ramesseum
Medinet Habu
Deir el-Medina
Valley of the Queens
Qurna
Thebes to Aswan
Esna
El-Kab
Edfu
Kom Ombo
Aswan and Abu Simbel
Aswan
Aswan High Dam
Philae
Abu Simbel
Egypt in the Museums of the World
Italy
Germany
United States
United Kingdom
France
Europe
Obelisks
Practical information
Getting there
Getting around
Staying in Egypt from A to Z
List of addresses Hotels and restaurants selected by James Drummond
Useful words and phrases
Places to visit
Bibliography
Table of illustrations
Index
Map Section
Cairo street index
Alexandria
Northwest Egypt
Northeast Egypt
Libyan desert
Southeast Egypt
Nile Delta
Cairo
North Cairo
South Cairo
Thebes
Luxor
Aswan