num_pages: 394
description: Journalist Paul Roberts takes us along as he scales the great pyramids, spends the night in an ancient tomb, navigates the Nile, lives among monks and travels the Arabian Desert by camel.  In place after place, we encounter the awesome grandeur of Egypt's past--and hear the beguiling story of its present.
language: English
title: River in the Desert: Modern Travels in Ancient Egypt
titlecomplete: River in the Desert: Modern Travels in Ancient Egypt
genres: Adventure, History, Travel, Biography Memoir, Egypt, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 60
publisher: Random House