John Murray
Published: 2018-03-12
Total Pages: 330
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Excerpt from A Handbook for Travellers in Lower Ans Upper Egypt, Vol. 2 of 2: Including Descriptions of the Course of the Nile Through Egypt and Nubia, Alexandria, Cairo, the Pyramids, Thebes, the Suez Canal, the Peninsula of Mount Sinai, the Oases, the Fayoom, &C An account of the places on the coast of the Red Sea has been given under Rte. 7, d. Several roads lead from the Nile to Kosseir, and other places near it on the Red Sea, across the Arabian or West ern Desert. Formerly, as has been ala ready described. It was the highway of commerce between Egypt and Arabia. Now it is rarely crossed, and to the ordinary traveller it offers no attrac tions. The points of interest are the inscriptions in the Valley of Rama mat, the breccia quarries, and the gold and emerald mines. The usual prepa rations for a desert journey will require to be made (see Rte. 14 a). Camels must be hired from the Ababdeh Arabs (see pp. 31, through whose terri tory the route lies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
