num_pages: 40
description: This sailor's yarn from the twentieth century BC is a tall tale of a shipwreck, survival an enchanted isle, and a lordly talking serpent with his own tragic tale to tell. Translated by the poet and Egyptologist John L. Foster and accompanied by the humorous watercolors of Lyla Pinch Brock, this new treatment of a classic poem will delight Egyptologists of all ages.
language: English
title: The Shipwrecked Sailor: A Tale from Ancient Egypt
titlecomplete: The Shipwrecked Sailor: A Tale from Ancient Egypt
ratings_count: 11
publisher: American University in Cairo Press