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Explore Egypt through this selection of books
| Cairo Inside Out by Trevor Naylor Photographs by Doriana Dimitrova
Cairo is a city of splendor and spectacle, long celebrated as much for its warmth and bustling street life as for the legacy of its tumultuous past. Yet for the countless visitors who fall under its spell . . . .
Jan 2017 | Hardbound| ISBN 9789774167560 |
| The Mosques of Egypt
by Bernard O'kane
Less than ten years after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, the new religion of Islam arrived in Egypt with the army of Amr ibn al-As in AD 639. Amr immediately established his capital at al-Fustat, just south of modern Cairo, and there he built Africa's first mosque, one still in regular use today . . . .
Jan 2017 | Hardbound | ISBN 9789774167324 |
| The Churches of Egypt From the Journey of the Holy Family to the Present Day
Edited by Gawdat Gabra and Gertrud J.M. van Loon
With over 300 full-color photographs, this is the first fully illustrated book devoted to Christian houses of worship in Egypt. The text incorporates the latest research to complement the broad geographic . . . .
Oct 2012 | Flexibound | ISBN 9789774165726 |
| The Taste of Egypt Home Cooking from the Middle East
by Dyna Eldaief
Combining mouthwatering recipes with a fresh, contemporary design, The Taste of Egypt brings the sophisticated colors and flavors of Egyptian and Middle Eastern cuisine to the modern home kitchen in unpretentious, down-to-earth style . . . .
Sept 2016 | Hardbound | ISBN 9789774167553 |
Sinai Landscape and Nature in Egypt's Wilderness
by Omar Attum
Sinai's allure is legendary. Its spectacular landscapes, thriving flora and fauna, and unique history, the store of centuries, have long held sway in the imagination of millions . . . .
Sep 2014 | Hardbound| ISBN 9789774166617 |
| Siwa Jewelry, Costume, and Life in an Egyptian Oasis
Siwa is a remote oasis deep in the heart of the Egyptian desert near the border with Libya. Until an asphalt road was built to the Mediterranean coast in the 1980s, its only links to the outside world were by arduous camel tracks. As a result of this isolation, Siwa developed a unique culture manifested in its crafts of basketry, pottery . . . .
Jan 2015 | Paperback | ISBN 9789774166815 |
| Alexandria Illustrated
by Michael Haag
Alexandria has had a checkered history since its foundation by Alexander the Great in 331 B.C. From its glorious days as the intellectual center of the Hellenistic and early Christian world, it declined into a near-forgotten backwater with a population of only a few thousand at the time of the French invasion of 1798 . . . .
May 2004 | Paperback | ISBN 9789774248344 |
Inside the Egyptian Museum with Zahi Hawass Collector's Edition
The Egyptian Museum houses the world's greatest collection of Egyptian treasures and antiquities, tens of thousands of stunning and fascinating objects dating from the earliest Predynastic times right through to the Greek and Roman Periods. Visitors to this great storehouse may become easily overwhelmed by the vast number of objects on display . . . .
Feb 2010 | Hardbound | ISBN
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