A Ride in Egypt from Sioot to Luxor in 1879: With Notes on the Present State and Ancient History of the...

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William John Loftie

A Ride in Egypt from Sioot to Luxor in 1879

With Notes on the Present State and Ancient History of the Nile Valley, and Some Account of...

William John Loftie

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English

Cambridge University Press
29 March 2018

Egyptian archaeology & Egyptology; Geographical discovery & exploration; Classic travel writing

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor

In the second half of the nineteenth century, accounts of the journey down the Nile became increasingly common. This narrative by William John Loftie (1839–1911), who wrote prolifically on travel, art, architecture and history, was published in 1879. (His A Century of Bibles is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.) Loftie spent in total about 15 months in the Nile valley over several seasons, and justifies his book by the rate of archaeological discoveries: 'books published even three years ago are already behind the times'. He gives details of his journeys to and from Egypt, and of visits to the famous sites, but, unusually, he takes notice of the current political and economic state of Egypt, and is trenchant in some of his criticisms. He also goes off the beaten tourist track, hiring donkeys to make excursions away from the river, rather than travelling only by boat.

By: William John Loftie
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 570g
ISBN: 9781108082310
ISBN 10: 1108082319
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor
Pages: 426
Publication Date: 29 March 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface; 1. On the voyage; 2. The prophet on the platform; 3. The fellah; 4. Dervishes; 5. The Boolak museum; 6. The pyramids and the sphinx; 7. Babylon; 8. Education in Egypt; 9. The journey to Sioot; 10. Sioot; 11. The Greek shop at Soohag; 12. The donkeys; 13. The ancient this; 14. The table of Abood; 15. The famine; 16. Dendera; 17. Gypt; 18. Amen; 19. Luxor; 20. Floating down; Appendix; Index.