This is a travel guide to Egypt, from the Libyan border in the west to the coastal resorts of the Red Sea, and from Alexandria to Aswan. Fully updated and revised, it contains comprehensive coverage of all the main sites, both on and off the beaten track. Information is included on: the Nile Valley and its sites and history; Nile cruises - how to organize and survive them; and diving in the Red Sea with details on the Red Sea resorts. Colour maps and local town and site maps help plan a journey.
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The sheer scale of Egypt is awe-inspiring. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
reef access, first hypostyle hall, transverse chamber, first pylon, second pylon, unfinished obelisk, service taxis, taxi depot, diving centre, dive centre, bedouin village, winter high season, offering scenes, overnight fee, tourist village, granite sarcophagus, tourist police, flight agents, daily buses, funerary complex Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Red Sea, Port Said, Mohammed Ali, Abu Simbel, North Africa, Valley of the Kings, Lake Nasser, Marsa Matruh, Middle East, Sharia Gumhorriya, Na'ama Bay, Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt, High Dam, Garden City, Road Bus, Beni Suef, Midan Sa'ad Zaghloul, Sharia Talaat Harb, Kom Ombo, Old Kingdom, Midan Tahrir, Ras Mohammed, Islamic Cairo, Lake Qaroun New!
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reef access, first hypostyle hall, transverse chamber, first pylon, second pylon, unfinished obelisk, service taxis, taxi depot, diving centre, dive centre, bedouin village, winter high season, offering scenes, overnight fee, tourist village, granite sarcophagus, tourist police, flight agents, daily buses, funerary complex Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Red Sea, Port Said, Mohammed Ali, Abu Simbel, North Africa, Valley of the Kings, Lake Nasser, Marsa Matruh, Middle East, Sharia Gumhorriya, Na'ama Bay, Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt, High Dam, Garden City, Road Bus, Beni Suef, Midan Sa'ad Zaghloul, Sharia Talaat Harb, Kom Ombo, Old Kingdom, Midan Tahrir, Ras Mohammed, Islamic Cairo, Lake Qaroun New!
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- Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) by Agatha Christie on page 304
- The History of Modern Egypt: From Muhammad Ali to Mubarak by Professor P.J. Vatikiotis on page 61
- In the Eye of the Sun by Ahdaf Soueif on page 537
- A Guide to Ancient Egypt (A Penguin Handbook) by William J. Murnane on page 61
- The guide to ancient Egypt by William J Murnane on page 61
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