This 356-page guide to Egypt gives a highlighted tour of the country, cross-referenced with detailed maps. A comprehensive travel tips section at the back of the book is packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Its key features include: places - region-by-region gazetteer section, with top attractions highlighted and cross-referenced with detailed local maps; essay features - incisive essays on Egypt's history, people and culture, ranging from its spectacular pyramids to Cairo's breathtaking bazaars; travel tips - practical listings section, including accommodation, entertainment, transport and essential contact addresses and numbers; and hundreds of full-colour photographs and 24 maps.
Egypt Insight Guide
Egypt Insight Guide
Summary
Gives a tour of the Egypt, cross-referenced with detailed maps. The features of this work include: places; essay features - on Egypt's history, people and culture; travel tips - practical listings section, including accommodation, entertainment, transport and essential contact addresses and numbers; and many full-colour photographs and 24 maps.
Egypt Insight Guide Summary
Table of Contents
Maps: Egypt; Cairo; Old Cairo; The Citadel; Citadel to Bab al-Futuh; Saqqarah; Greater Cairo; Giza; Oases; Middle & Upper Egypt; Luxor & Thebes; Karnak; Temple of Luxor; Valley of the Kings; Aswan; South Aswan; Delta & Suez; Alexandria; Sinai; The Red Sea and Eastern Desert; Inside front flap: Egypt; Inside back flap: Cairo. Introduction and History: The Spell of Egypt; Decisive Dates; Ancient Egypt; The Ptolemaic Period; The Roman Period and Early Christianity; Egypt under Islam; Modern Egypt and Muhammad Ali. Features: Endangered Monuments; The Egyptians; Markets and Bazaars; A Love of Food; Egyptian Coffeehouses; Popular Culture. Places: Introduction; Cairo, Mother of the World; Giza, Memphis and Saqqarah; The Oases and the Fayyum; Middle Egypt; Upper Egypt; Abu Simbel and Nubia; Alexandria and the Northern Coast; Suez Canal; Sinai; The Red Sea and Eastern Desert; Scuba Diving and Water Sports. Picture Stories: Ancient Gods; Nineteenth-century Travellers; Dance; Wildlife; Underwater Archaeology. Travel Tips - Highlights: Getting Acquainted; Planning the Trip; Practical Tips; Getting Around; Where to Stay; Where to Eat; Sites; Culture; Shopping ; Sport; Language; Further Reading.
Additional information
GOR009240613
9789812348036
9812348034
Egypt Insight Guide by
Used - Very Good
Paperback
APA Publications
20020329
356
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