Egypt and the Desert

This book PDF is perfect for those who love History genre, written by John Coleman Darnell and published by Cambridge University Press which was released on 30 April 2021 with total hardcover pages 75. You could read this book directly on your devices with pdf, epub and kindle format, check detail and related Egypt and the Desert books below.

Egypt and the Desert
Egypt and the Desert
Author : John Coleman Darnell
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Language : English
Release Date : 30 April 2021
ISBN : 1108820530
Pages : 75 pages
Get Book

Egypt and the Desert by John Coleman Darnell Book PDF Summary

Deserts, the Red Land, bracket the narrow strip of alluvial Black Land that borders the Nile. Networks of desert roads ascended to the high desert from the Nile Valley, providing access to the mineral wealth and Red Sea ports of the Eastern Desert, the oasis depressions and trade networks of the Western Desert. A historical perspective from the Predynastic through the Roman Periods highlights how developments in the Nile Valley altered the Egyptian administration and exploitation of the deserts. For the ancient Egyptians, the deserts were a living landscape, and at numerous points along the desert roads, the ancient Egyptians employed rock art and rock inscriptions to create and mark places. Such sites provide considerable evidence for the origin of writing in northeast Africa, the religious significance of the desert and expressions of personal piety, and the development of the early alphabet.

Egypt and the Desert

Egypt and the Desert by John Coleman Darnell

Deserts, the Red Land, bracket the narrow strip of alluvial Black Land that borders the Nile. Networks of desert roads ascended to the high desert from the Nile Valley, providing access to the mineral wealth and Red Sea ports of the Eastern Desert, the oasis depressions and trade networks of

Get Book
Egypt s Desert Dreams

Egypt s Desert Dreams by David Sims

Egypt has placed its hopes on developing its vast and empty deserts as the ultimate solution to the country’s problems. New cities, new farms, new industrial zones, new tourism resorts, and new development corridors, all have been promoted for over half a century to create a modern Egypt and

Get Book
Groundwater in Egypt s Deserts

Groundwater in Egypt s Deserts by Abdelazim Negm,Ahmed Elkhouly

This book brings together contributions from groundwater researchers and scientists on underground water resources in Egypt's deserts. The aquifers' quantity and quality are evaluated in many regions of the Egyptian deserts using established methods that can be effectively employed to investigate the potential for sustainable development in Egypt and similarly

Get Book
Egypt and Nubia

Egypt and Nubia by Renée F. Friedman

This book originates in an international colloquium held in the British Museum in 1998. It comprises eighteen papers, written by leading scholars, each of whom explores an aspect of the use and exploitation of the deserts lying to the east and west of the Nile Valley by the ancient Egyptians and

Get Book
Desert God

Desert God by Wilbur Smith

Desert God has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

Get Book
Rome in Egypt s Eastern Desert

Rome in Egypt s Eastern Desert by Hélène Cuvigny

A detailed archaeological study of life in Egypt's Eastern desert during the Roman period by a leading scholar Rome in Egypt’s Eastern Desert is a two-volume set collecting Hélène Cuvigny’s most important articles on Egypt’s Eastern Desert during the Roman period. The excavations she directed

Get Book
Death of the Desert

Death of the Desert by Christine Luckritz Marquis

In the late fourth century, the world of Christianity was torn apart by debate over the teachings of the third-century theologian Origen and his positions on the incorporeality of God. In the year 400, Archbishop Theophilus of Alexandria convened a council declaring Origen's later followers as heretics. Shortly thereafter, Theophilus banished

Get Book
The History of the Peoples of the Eastern Desert

The History of the Peoples of the Eastern Desert by Hans Barnard,Kim Duistermaat

The last quarter century has seen extensive research on the ports of the Red Sea coast of Egypt, the road systems connecting them to the Nile, and the mines and quarries in the region. Missing has been a systematic study of the peoples of the Eastern Desert--the area between the

Get Book