The Nile : travelling downriver through Egypt's past and present / Toby Wilkinson.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780804168908 (paperback)
- ISBN: 0804168903 (paperback)
- Physical Description: xv, 292 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Vintage Departures edition.
- Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, a division of Random House LLC, 2015.
- Copyright: ©2014
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published by Bloomsbury, London, in 2014." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-280) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The Nile: Egypt's eternal river -- Aswan: source of the Nile -- The deep south: where Egypt began -- Luxor: city of wonders -- Western Thebes: realm of the dead -- Qift and Qena: the centre and the provinces -- Abydos: place of mysteries -- Middle Egypt: cradle of religion -- The Fayum: a lake in the desert -- Cairo: Egypt's capital. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Wilkinson, Toby A. H. > Travel > Nile River. Nile River Valley > Description and travel. Nile River Valley > History. Egypt > Civilization. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | DT 116 .W55 2015 | 30775305493612 | General Collection | Available | - |
Author Notes
The Nile : Travelling Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present
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 In 2011, Wilkinson won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize, awarded to the best work of non-fiction of historical content, for his book The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra.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)