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The Nile a journey downriver through Egypt's past and present

"It was Herodotus who first called Egypt "the gift of the river." Now the renowned Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes us along the Nile to reveal how it continues to hold the key to understanding the earliest of the great ancient civilizations as well as the politically volatile and rapidly modernizi...

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Main Author: Wilkinson, Toby A. H. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Edition:First American edition.
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Wilkinson, Toby A. H. > Travel > Nile River.
Nile River Valley > Description and travel.
Nile River Valley > History.
Egypt > Civilization.
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Summary:"It was Herodotus who first called Egypt "the gift of the river." Now the renowned Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes us along the Nile to reveal how it continues to hold the key to understanding the earliest of the great ancient civilizations as well as the politically volatile and rapidly modernizing country -- the most populous in the region, the very voice of the Arab world -- that is Egypt today."--Book jacket.
Item Description:"Originally published by Bloomsbury, London, in 2014."
Physical Description:292 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780385351553 (hardcover)
0385351550 (hardcover)
Author Notes:Toby (A. H.) Wilkinson was born in 1969. He graduated from Downing College, University of Cambridge. with a Bachelor of Arts degree and was awarded the Thomas Mulvey Egyptology Prize. He completed his Ph. D at Christ's College, Cambridge in 1993. In 2011, Wilkinson won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize, awarded to the best work of non-fiction of historical content, for his book The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra. This book was also on the New York Times bestseller list in 2014.

His other works include: Genesis of the Pharaohs: Dramatic New Discoveries That Rewrite the Origins of Ancient Egypt (2003); The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Ancient Egypt (2nd edition, 2008); and Lives of the Ancient Egyptians: Pharaohs, Queens, Courtiers and Commoners (2007).

(Bowker Author Biography)

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