River in the Desert: A Modern Traveller in Ancient Egypt - Softcover

Roberts, Paul William

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9781551929637: River in the Desert: A Modern Traveller in Ancient Egypt

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ISBN 10: 1551929635 ISBN 13: 9781551929637

Publisher: Raincoast Books, 2006

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Egypt is as old as history itself, home to some of the world's greatest treasures, a pantheon of gods and kings, and the roots of the civilized world. Today it is the political and cultural heart of the Arab world and a country of startling contrasts and contradictions. Paul William Roberts, the winner of a PEN Canada Paul Kidd Courage Award for bravery in journalism, gives us ancient and modern Egypt at once in this "smart, energetic, hysterically funny" travelogue (LATimes). In Cairo he spends a terrifying night alone in the central chamber of the Great Pyramid and then is smuggled into the clandestine gathering of a Sufi tariqa. In Nubia he is carried by boat to the great temple of Isis at Philae and reads Death on the Nile while sleeping in Agatha Christi's bedroom.

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Journalist Paul Roberts takes us along as he scales the great pyramids, spends the night in an ancient tomb, navigates the Nile, lives among monks and travels the Arabian Desert by camel. In place after place, we encounter the awesome grandeur of Egypt's past--and hear the beguiling story of its present.

About the Author:

Paul William Roberts is the author of several acclaimed books, including Journey of the Magi. He writes for Harpers, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Washington Post, New York Times and others.

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