The Nile(ISBN=9789812822543)

　　This brand new edition of the Insight Guide to the Nile has been fully revised and updated. This guide includes a section detailing the history of the area with detailed information on Pyramidology, Ancient Gods, the rise of Christianity, the spread of Islam and much more. Features cover aspects of the life and culture, ranging from Taming the Nile, the history of Nile cruising, the people of the Nile and Egyptian cuisine, alongside others. The guide then details a region by region visitor's guide to the sights, ranging from Nubia and Lake Nasser, Aswan to Luxor and Cairo, along with a comprehensive travel tips section packed with essential information on transport, accommodation, eating out, activities and language tips. This new edition contains over 250 brand-new photographs, which, along with revised text, brings this edition up-to-date, along with several maps.

Introduction: The best of the Nile
The Wonder of the Nile
The Nile from Source to Delta. History: Decisive Dates
From the Palaeolithic to the Ptolemies
From Pax Romana to the Rise of Christianity
Abbasids, Fatimids and Mamluks The Spread of Islam
Throwing off the Yoke The Birth Pangs of Modern Egypt. Features: Taming the Nile
The History of Nile Cruising
The People of the Nile
A Love of Food
Popular Culture
The Nile in the CinemA Wildlife. Insights: Mini Features: Pyramidology and Pyramidiocy
Grave Robbers and Curses
The Search for the Source
Behind the Scenes of the Cruise Business
Flourishing FlorA Nubia Old and New
The Blue Nile
The White Nile
The History of Luxor
Discovering Tutankhamun
the Cult of Osiris
The Mummy Business
The Rosetta Stone
the Suez Canal. Photo Features: Gods of Ancient Egypt
Nile Cruising
The Pyramids
Wildlife on the River Nile
Egyptian Museum. Places: Nubia and Lake Nasser
Aswan
Aswan to Luxor
Luxor
Luxor to Abydos
Middle Egypt
Memphis Saqqarah and GizA Cairo
The Delta. Travel Tips: Transport
Accommodation
Eating Out
Activities
A Z Practical Information
Language
Further Reading.