The Nile
Autor Toby Wilkinsonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 mar 2015
We see Thebes, with its Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens, and Luxor Temple. We visit the fertile Fayum, the Great Pyramid of Giza, and finally, the pulsing city of Cairo, where the Arab Spring erupted on the bridges over the water. Along the way, Wilkinson introduces us to the gods, pharaohs, and emperors who joined their fate to the Nile and gained immortality; and to the adventurers, archaeologists, and historians who have all fallen under its spell. Peerlessly erudite, vividly told, "The Nile" brings the course of this enduring river into stunning view."
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780804168908
ISBN-10: 0804168903
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 134 x 203 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10: 0804168903
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 134 x 203 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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A journey down river from Aswan to Cairo - through time, place and history.
'Thorough, erudite and enthusiastic' Sunday Times
'His take on ancient and colonial history is impeccable . . . Compelling' Observer
'Brilliant . . . Dexterously done and rich in detail' Daily Telegraph
From Herodotus's day to the present political upheavals, the steady flow of the Nile has been Egypt's heartbeat. It has shaped its geography, controlled its economy and moulded its civilisation. The same stretch of water which conveyed Pharaonic battleships, Ptolemaic grain ships, Roman troop-carriers and Victorian steamers today continues much as it has for millennia.
At this critical juncture in the country's history, renowned Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes us on a journey along the Nile, starting from Lake Victoria in the south and traveling north through Egypt's storied landscapes. We pass from Cataract to Cataract, by the Aswan Dam and into the fertile delta. Egypt reveals itself as a living palimpsest, with every era leaving its mark. From the ancient Nilometer on Elephantine Island, which has measured the Nile's floodwaters since the time of the Pharaohs to predict agricultural yields, to the towering wonders of Giza scarred by nineteenth-century archaeologists and Cairo's relentless urban sprawl, the country's past and present intertwine. In Egypt's earliest art - prehistoric fish-trap carvings on cliffs - and the modern struggles of the Arab Spring fought on Cairo's bridges, the Nile serves as our guide to understanding this unique, chaotic, vibrant, conservative and rapidly evolving land.
A journey down river from Aswan to Cairo - through time, place and history.
'Thorough, erudite and enthusiastic' Sunday Times
'His take on ancient and colonial history is impeccable . . . Compelling' Observer
'Brilliant . . . Dexterously done and rich in detail' Daily Telegraph
From Herodotus's day to the present political upheavals, the steady flow of the Nile has been Egypt's heartbeat. It has shaped its geography, controlled its economy and moulded its civilisation. The same stretch of water which conveyed Pharaonic battleships, Ptolemaic grain ships, Roman troop-carriers and Victorian steamers today continues much as it has for millennia.
At this critical juncture in the country's history, renowned Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes us on a journey along the Nile, starting from Lake Victoria in the south and traveling north through Egypt's storied landscapes. We pass from Cataract to Cataract, by the Aswan Dam and into the fertile delta. Egypt reveals itself as a living palimpsest, with every era leaving its mark. From the ancient Nilometer on Elephantine Island, which has measured the Nile's floodwaters since the time of the Pharaohs to predict agricultural yields, to the towering wonders of Giza scarred by nineteenth-century archaeologists and Cairo's relentless urban sprawl, the country's past and present intertwine. In Egypt's earliest art - prehistoric fish-trap carvings on cliffs - and the modern struggles of the Arab Spring fought on Cairo's bridges, the Nile serves as our guide to understanding this unique, chaotic, vibrant, conservative and rapidly evolving land.
Recenzii
His take on ancient and colonial history is impeccable . . . His ancient sources are as thorough and as fascinating as any I have ever read . .. Wilkinson's eye for significant detail, his great curiosity about and affection for his subject, justify the retelling . . . The most compelling parts are the ones where Wilkinson draws on his extensive knowledge of Egypt's ancient past
Colourful . . . Without the River Nile there would be no Egypt. That might seem like entry-level geography, but Toby Wilkinson's achievement in his enjoyable survey of the Egyptian Nile's key stretch from Aswan to Cairo is to illustrate the point so compellingly . . . Dexterously done and rich in detail . . . Brilliant
Thorough, erudite and enthusiastic . . . Wilkinson does his best to bring the ancient Egyptians to life, and he is a great authority on the subject
I had always presumed, before I read Wilkinson's book, that it was impossible to write a history of Egypt which combined scholarship, accessibility, and a genuine sense of revelation. I was wrong
The foremost Egyptologist of his time . . . shares his erudition with us in easy prose which never talks down to us, bringing those times and places splendidly to life
The eminent Egyptologist from Cambridge University blends contemporary description with digestible doses of history and anecdote from the time of the Pharaohs to the present day. The book is made timely by a reference to recent events
Colourful . . . Without the River Nile there would be no Egypt. That might seem like entry-level geography, but Toby Wilkinson's achievement in his enjoyable survey of the Egyptian Nile's key stretch from Aswan to Cairo is to illustrate the point so compellingly . . . Dexterously done and rich in detail . . . Brilliant
Thorough, erudite and enthusiastic . . . Wilkinson does his best to bring the ancient Egyptians to life, and he is a great authority on the subject
I had always presumed, before I read Wilkinson's book, that it was impossible to write a history of Egypt which combined scholarship, accessibility, and a genuine sense of revelation. I was wrong
The foremost Egyptologist of his time . . . shares his erudition with us in easy prose which never talks down to us, bringing those times and places splendidly to life
The eminent Egyptologist from Cambridge University blends contemporary description with digestible doses of history and anecdote from the time of the Pharaohs to the present day. The book is made timely by a reference to recent events