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Egypt : a view from above
- Title
- Egypt : a view from above / text, Christian Jacq ; photographs, Philip Plisson ; translated by Nicholas Elliott.
- Author
- Jacq, Christian.
- Publication
- New York : Abrams, 2010.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Plisson, Philip.
- Description
- 333 p. : col. ill.; 32 cm.
- Subjects
- Contents
- Preface / by Zahi Hawass -- Introduction: A photographer's journey -- Northern Egypt, land of the falcon : Alexandria and the Delta -- From ancient capital to modern Cairo : Cairo, Memphis, and the kingdom of the pyramids -- The marvels of Middle Egypt : el Faiyum and the Valley of the Nile to Luxor -- In the land of the god Amon : Luxor, Karnak, and the West Bank of Thebes -- Temples turn to books of stone : from Luxor to Aswan -- On the edge of Nubia : the Aswan region -- Saved from the flood : Abu Simbel and the temples of Nubia -- Conclusion -- Chronology.
- Call Number
- JFG 10-44
- ISBN
- 9780810984332 (alk. paper)
- 0810984334 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010036797
- OCLC
- YBP 2010036797
- Author
- Jacq, Christian.
- Title
- Egypt : a view from above / text, Christian Jacq ; photographs, Philip Plisson ; translated by Nicholas Elliott.
- Imprint
- New York : Abrams, 2010.
- Added Author
- Plisson, Philip.
- Research Call Number
- JFG 10-44