The red land : the illustrated archaeology of Egypt's Eastern Desert /
"Based on twenty years of archaeological fieldwork conducted in the Eastern Desert, this book reveals the cultural and historical richness of this little known and seldom visited area in Egypt. A range of important archaeological sites dating from Prehistoric to Byzantine times is explored here...
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Cairo ; New York :
American University in Cairo Press,
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The red land : |b the illustrated archaeology of Egypt's Eastern Desert / |c Steven E. Sidebotham, Martin Hense, Hendrikje M. Nouwens. |
| 260 | |a Cairo ; |a New York : |b American University in Cairo Press, |c c2008. | ||
| 300 | |a xxii, 424 p., [48] p. of col. plates : |b ill., maps, plans ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-411) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Historical overview -- |t Geography, climate, and people -- |t A Roman imperial road and the northern part of the Eastern Desert -- |t Shrines, bathtubs, and stone quarries : how the stone was quarried and moved along the desert roads to the Nile -- |t The joys and sorrows of the desert survey -- |t Gods of the desert : the temples and shrines of the Eastern Desert -- |t The horn of plenty : international trade -- |t Burying the dead in the Eastern Desert -- |t El Dorado : gold mines in the Eastern Desert -- |t Living in the desert -- |t The Ma'aza, 'Ababda, and Bisharin Bedouin -- |t Land of gemstones : emerald and amethyst mines in the Eastern Desert -- |t Water, the desert elixir -- |t The roads from Berenike to the Nile -- |t The last frontier : the southernmost sites in the Eastern Desert. |
| 520 | 1 | |a "Based on twenty years of archaeological fieldwork conducted in the Eastern Desert, this book reveals the cultural and historical richness of this little known and seldom visited area in Egypt. A range of important archaeological sites dating from Prehistoric to Byzantine times is explored here in text and illustrations. Among these ancient treasures are petroglyphs, cemeteries, fortified wells, gold and emerald mines, hard stone quarries, roads, forts, ports, and temples. With over 280 photographs and artistic reconstructions based on the evidence on the ground, along with the latest research and accounts from ancient sources and modern travelers, the authors lead the reader into the remotest corners of the hauntingly beautiful Eastern Desert to discover the full story of the area's human history."--BOOK JACKET. | |
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