Egypt: A Practical GuideTehuti Research Foundation, 1998 - 254 pàgines A pocket-size, no-nonsense, no-clutter guide to Egypt, written by an Egyptian-American Egyptologist. Quick, easy, and comprehensive reference to sites of antiquities and recreation. From the lively Nile Valley, to the solitary deserts, to the diverse Sinai, to the lush oases, to the exotic underwater life of the Red Sea, to the Mediterranean beaches. Find your way with numerous maps and illustrations. Tips to understanding both the modern and ancient Egyptian cultures. Informative, detailed, and illustrated glossary. |
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4 Arriving Departing | 34 |
5 Getting Around in Egypt | 36 |
Map of Egypt Air Travel | 48 |
Map of Egypt Railways | 50 |
6 Historical Information | 58 |
12 Valley of the Upper Nile | 182 |
13 Aswan Sunt Abu Simbel | 191 |
14 Alexandria | 205 |
15 The Mediterranean Coast | 209 |
16 The Egyptian Sahara Oases | 210 |
17 The Red Sea | 218 |
18 Sinai | 222 |
GLOSSARY | 228 |
7 Understanding Ancient Egyptians | 64 |
8 Cairo Vicinities | 82 |
9 Middle Egypt | 127 |
10 LuxorThebes TaApet | 137 |
11 Sites North of Luxor TaApet | 175 |
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About TRF Books | 252 |
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Abu Simbel Akhenaton Alexandria Ancient Egyptian Arabic Aswan Ausar Osiris Auset Bank body Book building built Cairo called canopic jars centre century Christian columns Commemorative complete contains Court decorated Deir el Medina divine Dynasty early east Egypt emple followed four Giza granite Greek Hall Heru Interest Points Interior Island King Kingdom known later Light Location map Luxor major meaning Middle Museum neteru Nile Oasis offices original passage Period Persian Pharaoh Points of Interest pylon Pyramid Ramses represented Roman Rule sacred Sakkara sanctuary scenes Seti Show side Sinai Sphinx statues stone Story Suez symbol temple texts throughout tombs Tourist trip Tuthomosis universe usually Valley walls
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Pàgina 11 - Do you not know, Asclepius, that Egypt is an image of heaven, or, to speak more exactly, in Egypt all the operations of the powers which rule and work in heaven have been transferred to earth below? Nay, it should rather be said that the whole Kosmos dwells in this our land as in its sanctuary.
Pàgina 11 - is the temple of the world ; but, as wise men should foresee all things, you should know that a time is coming when it will seem that the Egyptians have by an unfailing piety served God in vain, and their holy religion will become void ; for the divinity will return from earth to heaven, Egypt will be forsaken, and the land which was the seat of the divinity will be void of religion. For when strangers shall possess this kingdom religion will be neglected, and laws be made against piety and divine...