Egypt
Subtitle: A View from Above
By: by Christian Jacq ; photographs by Philip Plisson
Contributors: Plisson, Philip
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Translated from: fre
Translation of: L'Egypte vue du ciel
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9780810984332
Table of contents: title: Preface / by Zahi Hawass; title: Introduction: A photographer's journey; title: Northern Egypt, land of the falcon : Alexandria and the Delta; title: From ancient capital to modern Cairo : Cairo, Memphis, and the kingdom of the pyramids; title: The marvels of Middle Egypt : el Faiyum and the Valley of the Nile to Luxor; title: In the land of the god Amon : Luxor, Karnak, and the West Bank of Thebes; title: Temples turn to books of stone : from Luxor to Aswan; title: On the edge of Nubia : the Aswan region; title: Temples saved from the flood : Abu Simbel and the temples of Nubia; title: Conclusion; title: Chronology.