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Bahriyah and Farafra by Ahmed Fakhry (Paperback, 2003)

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Despite the growing number of visitors looking for peace and quiet in the palm groves, cures in the hot springs, or adventure in the desert, the oases of Bahriyah and Farafra still nestle gently in Egypt's Western Desert, worlds away from the bustling Nile Valley. But when Ajmed Fakhry first visited these remote islands of tranquility, their isolation was extreme in comparison: in 1938, for example, there were no modern means of communication between Farafra and any other place - no telephone, telegraph or radio, or any mechanized transportation. In an emergency, the 'umdah sent one of the guards by camel to Bahriyah, a journey which took four days . In this now classic portrait of Bahriyah and Farafra, the Egyptian archaeologist Ahmed Fakhry is our guide not only to the pharaonic and Greco-Roman history of the oases but also to the lives, dress, language, customs and habits of their modern inhabitants as he knew them through more than thirty years of working there.

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Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
ISBN-13
9789774247323
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96059670

Product Key Features

Book Title
Bahriyah and Farafra
Author
Ahmed Fakhry
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Travel Writing
Publication Year
2003
Number of Pages
216 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
180mm

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Ahmed Fakhry
Country/Region of Manufacture
Egypt

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