Traveling through Egypt : from 450 B.C. to the twentieth century / edited by Deborah Manley and Sahar Abdel-Hakim ; with illustrations by W.H. Bartlett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Manley, Deborah.

Abdel-Hakim, Sahar.

Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854.

Series:

American Research Center in Egypt conservation series ; 2.

American Research Center in Egypt conservation series ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Travelers--Egypt--History.

Travelers.

Egypt--Description and travel.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Cairo, Egypt : American University in Cairo Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Egypt is one of the two wings of the world, and the excellences of which it can boast are countless. Its metropolis is the dome of Islam, its river the most splendid of rivers."-al-Muqaddasi, c. 1000 To travelers, Egypt is a place of dreams: a country whose lifeblood is a mighty river, flowing from the heart of Africa. Along the fertile fringe of its banks an astonishing civilization raised spectacular monuments that our modern minds can hardly encompass. For centuries this past dominated travelers' minds-yet the present and its great buildings too engaged their interest and admiration and ga

Contents:

Halftitle Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction

1. Egypt: An Overview

The Geography of Egypt, c. 450 B.C. Herodotus

The Boundaries of the Country, c. 960 Ebn Haukal

The Rising of the Water, 25 B.C. Strabo

How the Nile Changes the Country, c. 1050 Naser-e Khosraw

Two Seasons, 1767 Charles Thompson

The Climate of Egypt, 1882 Samuel Cox

The Delights of Nile Water, 1826 John Carne

Nile Water, 1825 Dr. R.R. Madden

Notes along the Nile, 1910 Pierre Loti

Characteristics of the Soil, c. 1200 'Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi

Papyrus, the Paper of Egypt, 1908 Elbert Farman

The Commerce of the Country, c. 1000 al-Muqaddasi

The Food of the Country, c. 1200 'Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi

Dress of the Male, 1844 Edward Lane

Dress of the Poorer Women, 1812 Dr. Charles Meryon

The World of Women of Means, 1914 Elizabeth Cooper

Trying to Explain Some History, 1913 Rudyard Kipling

The Benificence of Egypt, c. 1000 al-Muqaddasi

2. Arriving in Egypt: At Alexandria and Elsewhere

As the Nile Flows into the Mediterranean, 1806 F.R. Chateaubriand

Alexandria, c. 960 Ebn Haukal

The Day of Our Landing, 1183 Ibn Jubayr

Passing through Egypt, 1843 Fanny Pratt

Coming from the Desert, 1483 Friar Felix Fabri

Sleepless in Alexandria, 1857 William C. Prime

A Guide to Alexandria, c. 1000 al-Muqaddasi

Some Features and Antiquities of Alexandria, 1183 Ibn Jubayr

A Tourist's History, 1779 Eliza Fay

Muhammad 'Ali's Alexandria, 1813 Dr. Charles Meryon

Alexandrian Sightseeing, 1849 Samuel Bevan

Alexandrian Street, 1833 Robert Curzon

What to Wear? 1819 John Fuller

On Our Way, 1840 Sarah Haight

3. The Nile Delta

The Delta, c. 960 Ebn Haukal

Through the Towns and Villages, 1183 Ibn Jubayr

Visiting a Village, 1812 Dr. Charles Meryon.

Ramadan in Lataifa, 1992 Amitav Ghosh

Evidence of the Past, 1908 Elbert Farman

Two Sides of Rosetta, 1819 John Fuller

Damietta, c. 1000 al-Muqaddasi

Damietta, 1908 Elbert Farman

Ancient Boats, c. 450 B.C. Herodotus

Boats and Boatmen on the Nile, 1844 Edward Lane

The Sailing Boats of the Nile, 1819 John Fuller

Lake Manzala, 1908 Elbert Farman

Tinnis, a City, c. 1000 al-Muqaddasi

Water and Money, c. 1050 Naser-e Khosraw

Bird Life in the Delta, 1868 Reverend A.C. Smith

Night Monsters, c. 450 B.C. Herodotus

"The Field of Victory," 1908 Elbert Farman

The End of the Mahmudiya Canal, 1836 John Lloyd Stephens

The Father of Rivers, 1833 Robert Curzon

Women along the Banks of the Nile, 1819 John Fuller

Pleasures and Ennui, 1842 W.H. Bartlett

First Sight of the Pyramids, 1848 Harriet Martineau

By Train to Cairo, 1883 Gabriel Charmes

4. Cairo: Mother of Cities

Cairo, c. 1000 al-Muqaddasi

Mother of Cities, 1326 Ibn Battuta

A City of the Earth, 1913 Rudyard Kipling

The Cities that Make Up Cairo, c. 960 Ebn Haukal

Somewhere to Stay, 1855 Richard Burton

Water and Minarets, 1868 Reverend A.C. Smith

Canals Cut through the City, 1039 Naser-e Khosraw

The Citadel above Cairo, 1819 John Fuller

Looking down across Cairo, 1834 Hon. W.E. Fitzmaurice

The Mosques of Cairo, c. 1000 al-Muqaddasi

The Great Mosque of Sultan Hassan, 1857 William C. Prime

The Splendid Mosque, 1846 Isabella Romer

The Buildings of Cairo, c. 1200 'Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi

Streets, Houses, and Palaces of Cairo, c. 1612 George Sandys

The Sultan's Banquet, c. 1050 Naser-e Khosraw

The Ever-changing Streets, 1865 Lady Herbert

The Bazaars of Cairo, 1839 P.D. Holthaus

Ancient Coins, 1801 Edward Daniel Clarke

Cries in the Market, 1844 Edward Lane.

Cries in the Streets, 1970 Elizabeth Warnock Fernea

The Bagnio, 1783 James Capper

The Baths of Cairo, c. 1200 'Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi

A Changing City, 1970 Elizabeth Warnock Fernea

The Gardens of Cairo and Memorials of Jesus, 1839 P.D. Holthaus

The Rise of the Nile: The Nilometer, 1833 Robert Curzon

The Nilometer, c. 1000 al-Muqaddasi

Celebration, 1826 John Carne

The Country Prospers, 1817 Captains Charles Irby and James Mangles

Cairo in Festive Mood, 1863 G.A. Hoskins

The Tombs of the Caliphs, 1873 Gabriel Charmes

Visiting the Dead, 1326 Ibn Battuta

Cairo in the Evening, 1873 Gabriel Charmes

5. Pyramids and Sphinx

The Spell of the Pyramids, 1956 Leonard Cottrell

The Wonders of the Country, c. 1200 'Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi

The Construction and Cost of the Pyramids, c. 450 B.C. Herodotus

How a Pyramid is Built and Unbuilt, 1825 Edward Lane

Extravagance, c. 50 Pliny the Elder

Wonders of the World, c. 1000 al-Muqaddasi

Abu'l Haul, the Sphinx, c. 1200 'Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi

The Sphinx, 1852 Dean Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

The Sphinx and the Sepulchres, 1882 Samuel Cox

Pyramids and Sphinx, 1835 Alexander Kinglake

The Terrors of the Interior of a Pyramid, c. 1612 George Sandys

Into a Pyramid, 1737 Captain Frederick Norden

Where is the Queen? 1882 Samuel Cox

Astronomical Correctness, 1834 Hon. W.E. Fitzmaurice

Lifted to the Summit, c. 1865 Mrs. M. Carey

From the Summit of the Great Pyramid, 1825 Edward Lane

As Old Cheops Has Done, 1843 Countess Hahn-Hahn

Celebrating on High, 1843 Dr. Richard Lepsius

Innocents Abroad, 1870 Mark Twain

Lotus and Pyramid, 1927 Constance Sitwell

6. The Fayoum

The Fayoum, c. 1000 al-Muqaddasi

Cairo to the Fayoum, 1873 Murray's Handbook

A Land Created, c. 1000 al-Muqaddasi

Joseph's Canal, 1985 William Golding.

Looking down across the Fayoum, 1836 Charles Rochfort Scott

Collecting Dewdrops, 1813 James Silk Buckingham

Sailing toward the Temple of Jupiter Ammon, 1819 Giovanni Belzoni

The Labyrinth? c. 450 B.C. Herodotus

Working at the Labyrinth, 1843 Dr. Richard Lepsius

Seeking the Bedouin, 1914 Elizabeth Cooper

History and Science, 1875 Bayard Taylor

7. Arrangements for Traveling up the Nile

Up Nile, c. 960 Ebn Haukal

Just an Excursion, 1819 John Fuller

The Firman, 1737 Richard Pococke

Things Useful for a Journey in Egypt, 1847 Sir John Gardner Wilkinson

Hints to Ladies, 1846 Harriet Martineau

The Dahabiya, 1873 Amelia Edwards

Nile-boat Prayers, 1842 Sophia Poole

Esprit du Nil, 1873 Amelia Edwards

At Home on the Nile, 1849 Florence Nightingale

Onboard a River Steamer, 1863 Lucie Duff Gordon

Instructions to the Managers of Cook's Nile Steamers, 1892 John Mason Cook

South by Train, 1873 Gabriel Charmes

On the Boats, 1990 Deborah Manley

Only on the River, 1836 John Lloyd Stephens

Melancholy and Invaders, 1851 George Melly

Tracking, 1873 Amelia Edwards

The Khamsin, 1849 Florence Nightingale

Wind-bound, 1836 John Lloyd Stephens

8. The Journey to Luxor

The Constant Change of Scene, 1833 Robert Curzon

Egyptian Harmony, 1868 Howard Hopley

Nile by Night and Dawn, 1845 Eliot Warburton

Communications with the People, 1814 Captain Henry Light

So Much to See, 1848 Harriet Martineau

Tombs of Beni Hassan, 1852 Dean Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

Life in the Grottoes, c. 1865 Mrs. M. Carey

Nefertiti Lived Here, 1930 Mary Chubb

The Temple of Hermopolis at Minya, 1813 James Silk Buckingham

Asyut and Explorations, 1836 John Lloyd Stephens

Timseach! Timseach! 1845 Eliot Warburton

The Love of Abydos, 1908 Douglas Sladen

Luncheon with Osiris, 1904 William Jarvie.

Donkeys to Dendera, 1822 Frederick Henniker

Approaching Dendera, 1902 Sir Gaston Maspero

Coming upon Dendera by Night, 1829 Jean François Champollion

Ikhmim: A Wondrous Thing, 1183 Ibn Jubayr

9. Luxor: Both Sides of the Nile

Luxor-Ancient Thebes, 1846 Cuthbert Young

A Hundred Gated Thebes, 1817 Captains Charles Irby and James Mangles

The Struggle to Visit Thebes, 1737 Captain Frederick Norden

Good Morning, Luxor! 1873 Amelia Edwards

Luxor Temple: Grandeur and Craft, 1844 Prince Puckler-Muskau

Life at Thebes, 1850 Florence Nightingale

Modern Life Overshadows the Past, 1910 Pierre Loti

Karnak at Last, 1799 Vivant Denon

Karnak, 1813 Henry Light

Karnak in Silence, 1873 Amelia Edwards

Dining at Karnak, 1930 Princess Marta Bibescu

Antique Makers, 1855 William C. Prime

Protectors of the Tombs, 1792 W.G. Browne

Temples on the Other Side, 1819 John Fuller

Medinet Habu and the Tombs, 1799 Vivant Denon

Preparing to Collect the 'Young Memnon,' 1817 Giovanni Belzoni

The Great Statue of the Ramesseum, 1852 Dean Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

To the Valley of the Kings, 1904 William Jarvie

To the Valley of the Kings, 1938 H.V. Morton

'Belzoni's Tomb,' 1819 John Fuller

Entering a Tomb, 1888 E.W. Merrick

Making a Mummy, c. 450 B.C. Herodotus

The Tombs of the Private Thebans, 1836 Lord Lindsay

Mummies Unearthed, 1819 John Fuller

Resurrection Men, 1825 Anne Katherine Elwood

Lodging in the Valley, 1829 Jean François Champollion

Treating with the Mummy-snatchers, 1873 Amelia Edwards

The Mummy's Hand, 1938 H.V. Morton

Walking above the Valley, 1927 Annie Quibell

On the Other Side, 1927 Constance Sitwell

10. Toward and at Aswan

Upper Egypt in January, 1836 William Ramsay

Raising the Water from the Nile, 1844 Edward Lane

Armant: Ancient Hermonthis, 1846 Cuthbert Young.

The Sailors Enjoy Esna, 1842 W.H. Bartlett.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-252) and index.

ISBN:

977-416-022-3

1-936190-02-8

1-61797-275-4

OCLC:

902804384