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Traveling through Egypt from the fourth to the twenty-first century

"Egypt is one of the two wings of the world, and the excellences of which it can boast are countless. Its metropolis is the dome of Islam, its river the most splendid of rivers."--Al-Muqaddasi, c. 1000 To travelers, Egypt is a place of dreams: a country whose lifeblood is a mighty river, flowing from the heart of Africa. Along the fertile fringe of its banks an astonishing civilization raised spectacular monuments that our modern minds can hardly encompass. For centuries this past dominated travelers' minds-yet the present and its great buildings too engaged their interest and admiration and ga.

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  • ""Egypt is one of the two wings of the world, and the excellences of which it can boast are countless. Its metropolis is the dome of Islam, its river the most splendid of rivers."--Al-Muqaddasi, c. 1000 To travelers, Egypt is a place of dreams: a country whose lifeblood is a mighty river, flowing from the heart of Africa. Along the fertile fringe of its banks an astonishing civilization raised spectacular monuments that our modern minds can hardly encompass. For centuries this past dominated travelers' minds-yet the present and its great buildings too engaged their interest and admiration and ga."@en

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  • "Reisbeschrijvingen (vorm)"
  • "Livres électroniques"

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  • "Traveling through Egypt from the fourth to the twenty-first century"@en
  • "Traveling through Egypt from 450 B.C. to the twentieth century"@en
  • "Traveling through Egypt from 450 B.C. to the twentieth century"
  • "Travelling through Egypt : from 450 b.c. to the twentieth century"
  • "Traveling through Egypt : from 450 B.C. to the twentieth century"
  • "Traveling through Egypt : from 450 B.C. to the twentieth century"@en