River in the desert
Subtitle: modern travels in ancient Egypt
By: Paul William Roberts.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
Subjects: Roberts, Paul William -- Travel -- Egypt.; Egypt -- Description and travel.
Description: Stroll with Roberts through Cairo's bustling souk; scale the great pyramid of Cheops and spend the night in an ancient tomb; navigate the Nile with a gaggle of quarrelsome archaeologists; live among the monks in an ancient Coptic monastery; and travel by camel the lonely wastes of the Arabian Desert, where Bedouins still believe the earth is flat.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-380) and index.