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Medinet Habu The illustrated guide 12,00 €Add to cart
Medinet Habu is one of the most visited sites in the West Bank and the grandiose memorial temple of Ramesses III “United with Eternity in the Estate of Amun in the West of Thebes”, as it was called in the ancient times, is the most complete and best preserved of all Theban temples. Visiting this amazing monument whose bas-reliefs still have vivid colors, however, is complex and this guide aims to reveal and illustrate its secrets. Furthermore, this is the only guide that illustrates the extraordinary and almost unknown temple of Thoth at Qasr el Aguz near the Medinet Habu complex.
Size: 21X14,8 cm
Pages: 96
Pictures: 220
Binding: Softcover with flaps
ISBN:978-88-99938-38-3
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The Nile From Luxor to Abu Simbel The Archaeological Guide 16,00 €Add to cart
In the second half of the 19th century, Egypt
became the main destination for European
tourists in search of adventure, exoticism and the
mystery of its origins, following in the footsteps
of great writers such as Flaubert, Gérard de
Nerval, Pierre Loti and Agatha Christie. The
first cruises on the Nile were organized using
large sailing boats called dahabeya. A famous
French writer said, “Going up the Nile! These
two words meant the most ideal journey a man
can undertake.” It was the English entrepreneur
Thomas Cook who, around 1880, introduced
the use of the first steamboats to go up the Nile
and be able to visit the monuments of Pharaonic
Egypt more quickly. Even today, sailing on
the great river that crosses the country like a
major road remains the best way to visit the
extraordinary archaeological sites of Egypt.
