Egypt category: 1199 books

The news of snow in Egypt and across the Middle East made headlines in the international media in late 2013, and many people who live in the region saw snow for the first time in their lives. It was a rare event, something that does happen sometimes, but not too often – the last snow fall in Cairo...

This book reveals the Ancient Egyptian knowledge of harmonic proportion, sacred geometry, and number mysticism, as manifested in their texts, temples, tombs, art, hieroglyphs, ...etc., throughout their known history. It shows how the Egyptians designed their buildings to generate cosmic energy, and...

This volume based on recent fieldwork by distinguished specialists includes information on the changing economic situation in the countryside, particularly after the 'owners and tenants' law of 1992. Along with the effects of structural adjustment on agriculture, marketing, and rural life, several...

Egypt’s lack of a common national identity is the basis for much of its internal conflict—Coptic Christians have been particularly affected. Once major contributors to Christian civilization, their influence ended with the fifth century Council of Chalcedon and they endured persecution. With the...

The Archaeology Hotspots series offers reader-friendly and engaging narratives of the archaeology in particular countries. Written by archaeological experts with a general reader in mind, each book in the series focuses on what has been found and by whom, what the controversies and scandals have been,...

In this innovative history of reading and writing, Hoda Yousef explores how the idea of literacy and its practices fundamentally altered the social fabric of Egypt at the turn of the twentieth century. She traces how nationalists, Islamic modernists, bureaucrats, journalists, and early feminists sought...

Presents the latest research in Egyptology on the theme of Ancient Egypt in a Global World This selection of 23 papers from the 15th annual Current Research in Egyptology symposium addreses the interregional and interdisciplinary theme of ‘Ancient Egypt in a Global World’. This theme works on...

                The purpose of these pages is to present a short history of Ancient Egypt from the founding of the monarchy until the disintegration of the empire 3,000 years afterwards. The material for such a work has for many years been accumulating, and we therefore venture to lay before...

Berlitz Pocket Guide Egypt Red Sea Coast is a concise, full-colour travel guide that combines lively text with vivid photography to highlight the very best that this ancient coastal region has to offer. The Where to Go chapter details all the key sights around Egypt's Red Sea coastline, from...

This book reveals several aspects of the Ancient Egyptian culture, such as the very remote antiquities of Egypt; the Egyptian characteristics and religious beliefs and practices; their social/political system; their cosmic temples; the richness of their language; musical heritage and comprehensive...

Based on years of prestigious academic work, Professor Rosalie David cleverly presents every aspect of life in ancient Egypt through the lives of various characters, all based on mummies from the Manchester Museum whom Professor Rosalie David has led the study of. Characters hail from all walks of...

With World War I and Egypt's colourful politics as background, C.W.R. Long tells the story of four proconsuls (McMahon, Wingate, Allenby and Lloyd), their principal opponent, Sa'ad Zaghul, and the great events of the time: the rise of the Wafd party, the uprising of 1919, the murder of Sir Lee Stack...

History Of Egypt - Volume V Gaston Maspero, french egyptologist (1846-1916) This ebook presents «History Of Egypt - Volume V», from Gaston Maspero. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02-...

History Of Egypt - Volume II Gaston Maspero, french egyptologist (1846-1916) This ebook presents «History Of Egypt - Volume II», from Gaston Maspero. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02-...