Cassandra Vivian - The Western Desert of Egypt An Explorer's Handbook

Cassandra Vivian - The Western Desert of Egypt An Explorer's Handbook
The American University in Cairo Press, 2008
470 str.
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an explorer's handbook | New Revised Edition

This is the one indispensable guide for anyone traveling in Egypt's glorious Western Desert and beautiful oases. Already the most comprehensive guide ever for desert and oasis travel in Egypt west of the Nile, "The Western Desert of Egypt: An Explorer's Handbook" has now been fully revised and updated for the latest generation of twenty-first century desert adventurers. Fully illustrated with some 50 maps and plans and over 270 drawings, the guide covers both the natural history and the human history of the desert and the oases. It then explores chapter by chapter the oases of Kharga, Dakhla, Farafra, Bahariya, Fayoum, and Siwa, and the desert areas of al-Diffa (the northern, semi-arid edge of the desert), the Darb al-Arbain caravan route in the south, and Uwaynat (including Gilf Kebir) in the southwest. Descriptions of routes, sites, people, and places are complemented by practical information on places to stay, eat, and fill your gas tank. Global positioning system (GPS) waypoints are provided as an aid to navigation on many routes - though for the sake of conservation and the protection of unguarded antiquities they are not given for remote sites. Almost encyclopedic in its scope, this is the one guide that belongs on the bookshelf, dashboard, or rucksack of every Western Desert traveler.

Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
1 The Natural World
North Africa
Sudan
Geography and Geology
Archean Era
Paleozoic Era
Mesozoic Era
Cenozoic Era
Depressions and Oases
Sand and Sand Dunes
Dune Fields
Sand Seas
Water
Birs and Ains
Out of Water
Fog and Rain
Wind
Sandstorms
Stones, Oils, and Gases
Oil and Gas
Fossils
Petrified Wood
Plants and Animals
Insects and Reptiles
Mammals
Birds
2 The People and Explorers of the Desert
The People
Garamantians
Goraan
Tebu
Tuareg
Berbers
Kababish
The Oaseans
The Bedouin
The Sanusi
Caravans and Roadways
Taghaza Road
Ghadames*Air*Kano Road
Garamantian Road
Fezzan*Kawan Road
Tripoli*Benghazi*Waidai Road
Darb al-Arbain
Explorers and Travelers
The Classical World
The Middle Ages
The Early Europeans
The African Association
The Americans
Muhammad Ali Opens the Door
The Germans
The Geological Survey of Egypt and its Desert Survey Department
Royal Geographical Society
A Hungarian
The Women
The Egyptians
The Warriors
Mapping Egypt
Egypt from Space
3 Kharga Oasis
Asyut to the Kharga Escarpment
Wadi al-Battikha
Checkpoints
Naqb al-Ramliya
Kharga Oasis
History
Pharaonic
Roman Period
Christian Era
Islamic Era
Muhammad Ali
European Travelers
British Occupation
The New Valley
Geography and Geology
Mountains
Water
Sand Dunes
Yardangs
Caravan Routes and Roadways
North*South Routes
East*West Routes
Passes (Naqbs)
The Forts
The People
Agriculture
Food
The Crafts of the Oasis
Baskets
Pottery
Wall Paintings
Dresses
Jewelry
The Tour
Tour #1 Qasr Kharga
Tour #2 Hibis, Bagawat, and Environs
Tour #3 Qasr Kharga to Dush
Tour #4 Al-Deir, Qasr al-Geb, and Qasr al-Sumaria
Tour #5 Qasr Labeka and Ain Umm Dabadib
Tour #6 Ain al-Dabashiya (Ain Tabashir), Ain al-Tarakwa (maybe), and
Beleida
Tour #7 Ain Amur
4 Dakhla
Kharga to Dakhla along the Darb al-Ghabari
History
Pharaonic
Roman and Christian Periods
Islamic Era
British Occupation
Today
Explorers
Geography and Geology
Mountains and Passes (Naqbs)
Water
Caravan Routes and Roadways
The People
Food
The Crafts of the Oasis
Baskets and Rugs
Pottery
Decorative Arts
Dresses
Jewelry
The Tour
Tour #1 Mut
Tour #2 Eastern Dakhla
Tour #3 Mut to Qasr Dakhla
Tour #4 Around Qasr Dakhla on the Plain of Sioh
Tour #5 Loop Road from Qasr Dakhla to Mut
5 Farafra
Dakhla to Farafra via Darb Abu Minqar
To Qasr Farafra from Bahariya Oasis
Farafra
History
Old Kingdom
New Kingdom
Third Intermediate and Late Periods
Roman Period
Islamic Era
Modern Times
The New Valley in Farafra
Geography and Geology
Mountains and Hills
Water
Caravan Routes and Roadways
The People
Agriculture
The Crafts of the Oasis
The Tour
Tour #1 Qasr Farafra
Tour #2 Toward Abu Minqar
The White Desert
Tour #3 Easy Access White Desert
Tour #4 Inselbergs, Hummocks, and Monoliths of the White Desert
Tour #5 Quss Abu Said, al-Ubeida Playa, and Ain Dilla
Tour #6 Mushrooms, Acacia, and Ain Hadra
Tour #7 Ain al-Wadi, Wadi Hinnis, and Twin Peaks
Tour #8 Qarawein
Additional Tours with local guides
6 Bahariya
>From Cairo to Bahariya
History
Middle and New Kingdom
Third Intermediate and Late Periods
Roman and Christian Periods
Islamic Era
Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Geography and Geology
Mountains
Dunes
Water
Fossils, Ferns, and Earthquakes
Caravan Routes and Roadways
Passes (Naqbs)
Darbs
The People
Agriculture
Food
The Crafts of the Oasis
Dresses
Jewelry
The Tour
Tour #1 Bawiti
Tour #2 Qasr
Tour #3 Tibniya and Environs
Tour #4 Mountains, Desert, and Far Gardens
Tour #5 Northern Bahariya and Environs
Tour #6 Sahara Suda (the Black Desert)
Tour #7 Al-Hayz
Tour #8 Darb Siwa
7 Fayoum
History
Pharaonic
Greek Period
Roman Period
Christian and Islamic Periods
Fayoum from 1798 to 1882
British Occupation
Fayoum Today
Geography and Geology
Mountains and Wadis
The Lake
Fossils
Water
Caravan Routes and Roadways
Darb Wadi Natrun
Darb al-Rayyan I and II
The People
Agriculture, Fishing, and Industry
The Crafts of the Oasis
Baskets
Pottery
Dresses and Jewelry
Roman Fayoum Portraits
Wildlife
The Tour
Tour #1 Eastern Edge of Fayoum
The Lake District
Tour #2 North of Lake Qarun
Tour #3 Southern Shore of Lake Qarun
Tour #4 Western Edge of the Fayoum
Tour #5 Medinet Fayoum
Tour #6 Hawara Pyramid
Tour #7 South of Medinet Fayoum
Tour #8 South to Tebtunis and Environs
Wadi Raiyan
Geography and Geology
Tour #1 The Waterfall
Tour #2 Magic Spring and the Monastery
Tour #3 Gebel Guhannam and Wadi Zeuglodon
Wadi Mawalih
8 Al-Diffa (the Northern Coast)
History
Pharaonic
Greek and Roman Periods
Islamic Era
British Occupation
The World Wars along the Northern Coast
Today
Geography and Geology
Water
Caravans Routes and Roadways
Alexandria*Sollum
Interior Road
Wadi Natrun*al-Alamein Road
Maryut Railway
The Tour
Alexandria to Mersa Matruh
Tour #1 Agami to al-Alamein
Tour #2 The Battlefield of al-Alamein
Tour #3 Qattara Depression
Tour #4 Qara (Gara) Oasis
Tour #5 Sidi Abd al-Rahman to Mersa Matruh
Tour #6 Mersa Matruh
Tour #7 Mersa Matruh to Sollum: Agube Major
9 Siwa
>From Mersa Matruh: the Masrab al-Istabl
>From Bahariya along the Darb Siwa
Siwa
History
Ancient Egypt
Alexander the Great
Christian Era
Islamic Era
Muhammad Ali and the Europeans
The Twentieth Century
Today
Geography and Geology
Mountains and Hills
Water and Salt
Caravan Routes and Roadways
The People
The Crafts of the Oasis
Baskets
Wooden Bowls and Boxes
Pottery
Clothing
Jewelry
Headdresses
Bracelets
Rings
The Tour
Tour #1 Shali
Tour #2 Loop the Loop from Shali to Shali
Tour #3 Fatnas at Sunset
Tour #4 North and West of Shali
Tour #5 East of Shali

10 The Darb al-Arbain Desert
History
Geography and Geology
Limestone Plateau
Nubia Pediplain
Selima Sand Sheet
Tushka Canal
Al-Sheikh Zayed Canal
Caravan Routes and Roadways
Darb al-Arbain
Darb al-Galaba
Darb al-Tamanin
Darb al-Tarfawi
The Tour
The Darb al-Arbain, the Forty Days’ Road
Tour #1 Riding the Darb al-Arbain
Tour #2 Darb al-Galaba
Tour #2a Nabta Playa
Tour #2b Nakheila Oasis
11 The Uwaynat Desert
History
Zerzura
Exploration History
Geography and Geology
Mountains
Craters
Wind
Caravan Routes and Roadways
Darb al-Tarfawi
Dakhla to Kufra
Gilf Kebir to Kufra
The People
Rock Art
Location
Themes and Style
Origin
Who Found What
Pottery
The Tour
Middle Arbain Desert
>From Dakhla Oasis to the Gilf Kebir
Gilf Kebir
Between the Gilf and Uwaynat
Gebel Uwaynat
Selected Readings
Index


Nonfiction, Geography, 9774160908

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