The Fayoum : history and guide /
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| Author / Creator: | Hewison, R. Neil. |
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| Edition: | 3d ed. |
| Imprint: | Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2001. |
| Description: | xi, 112 p. : col. ill., maps ; 21 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4511576 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Pronunciation
- The Fayoum Now Topography Climate Human Geography Water, Irrigation, and Drainage
- Agriculture Other Rural Occupations Industry Local Crafts Wildlife History of the Fayoum Traveling in the Fayoum
- Early Travelers Traveling in the Fayoum
- Today Being a Foreigner A Note on Photography Approaches and Transport in the Fayoum Traveling within the Fayoum Fayoum
- City Places to Stay Places to Eat Entertainment
- The Obelisk of Abgeg KimGn Fgris
- The Seven Waterwheels Old Mosques Religious Festivals Churches
- The Svq '+n al-Siliyen Birkat Qarvn History of the Birka WGdi al-RayyGn
- Monasteries in the Fayoum Ancient Sites of the Fayoum K(m +shem DimOh al-SibG' and Qasr al-SGgha Al-Sanam (the Pedestals of Biahmu)
- Qasr Qarvn Madenat MGdi Umm al-BurigGt
- HawwGra Pyramid Lahvn Pyramid Maydvm Pyramid Umm al-Atl SOla Pyramid
- Bibliography
- Index