The Nile: Downriver Through Egypt’s Past And Present Toby Wilkinson Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

A Journey Down River From Aswan To Cairo – Through Time Place And History ‘Thorough Erudite Enthusiastic’ Sunday Times‘his Take On Ancient Colonial Is Impeccable Compelling’ Observer‘brilliant Dexterously Done Rich In Detail’ Daily Telegraphfrom Herodotus’s Day The Present Political Upheavals Steady Flow Of Nile Has Been Egypt’s Heartbeat It Shaped Its Geography Controlled Economy Moulded Civilisation Same Stretch Water Which Conveyed Pharaonic Battleships Ptolemaic Grain Ships Roman Troop-Carriers Victorian Steamers Today Continues Much As For Millennia At This Critical Juncture Country’s Renowned Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson Takes Us Along Starting Lake Victoria South Traveling North Storied Landscapes We Pass Cataract By Dam Into Fertile Delta Egypt Reveals Itself Living Palimpsest With Every Era Leaving Mark Nilometer Elephantine Island Measured Nile’s Floodwaters Since Pharaohs Predict Agricultural Yields Towering Wonders Giza Scarred Nineteenth-Century Archaeologists Cairo’s Relentless Urban Sprawl Past Intertwine Earliest Art Prehistoric Fish-Trap Carvings Cliffs Modern Struggles Arab Spring Fought Bridges Serves Our Guide Understanding Unique Chaotic Vibrant Conservative Rapidly Evolving Land Σελίδες: 352 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0301 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm