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English edition
Nov
2008
470 pp.
33 color illus., 276 drawings, 50 maps and plans
Paperback
15X23 cm
$29.95
LE 150.00
ISBN
978 977 416 090 5
For sale worldwide
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The Western Desert of Egypt
An Explorer’s Handbook. New Revised Edition
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Cassandra Vivian
The only guide for travelers in Egypt’s Western Desert and oases
Already the most comprehensive guide ever for desert and oasis travel in Egypt west of the Nile, The Western Desert of Egypt: An Explorer’s Handbook has now been fully revised and updated for the latest generation of twenty-first century desert adventurers. Fully illustrated with some 50 maps and plans and over 270 drawings, the guide covers both the natural history and the human history of the desert and the oases. It then explores chapter by chapter the oases of Kharga, Dakhla, Farafra, Bahariya, Fayoum, and Siwa, and the desert areas of al-Diffa (the northern, semiarid edge of the desert), the Darb al-Arbain caravan route in the south, and Uwaynat (including Gilf Kebir) in the southwest. Descriptions of routes, sites, people, and places are complemented by practical information on places to stay, eat, and fill your gas tank. Global positioning system (GPS) waypoints are provided as an aid to navigation on many routes—though for the sake of conservation and the protection of unguarded antiquities they are not given for remote sites. Almost encyclopedic in its scope, this is the one guide that belongs on the bookshelf, dashboard, or rucksack of every Western Desert traveler.
Cassandra Vivian is a writer and photographer who lived in Egypt for many years, traveling extensively throughout the country but particularly in the Western Desert. She now lives in Pennsylvania.
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“Few people are mesmerized by the captivating beauty and haunting mystery of the Western Desert of Egypt. Cassandra Vivian is one of those rare people and she does more than most by trying to impart onto others what she learns by being so attentive to that desert.”—Farouk El-Baz
“A well researched book that includes a wealth of information on the great Western Desert of Egypt. An indispensable guide for the traveler, the explorer, and the desert lover.”—Rushdi Said
“Highly recommended” —Library Journal
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