Geology of Egypt : a traveler's handbook /

Geology of Egypt : a traveler's handbook /

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Main Author: Sampsell, Bonnie M.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, [2014]. ©2014.

Edition: Revised edition.

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Geology > Egypt > Guidebooks.
Geology, Economic > Egypt > History > Guidebooks.
Egypt > Guidebooks.

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Call Number: QE328 .S34 2014

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: why study geology
  • Important geological concepts
  • The origin of rock types found in Egypt
  • Evolution of the Egyptian landscape
  • The Nile from historic times to the present
  • Lake Nasser and Nubia
  • Aswan
  • The Nile Valley from Luxor to Cairo
  • Ancient Memphis and its cemeteries
  • The Nile delta
  • Alexandria and the northwest coast
  • The western desert
  • The eastern desert
  • The Red Sea
  • The Isthmus of Suez and the Suez Canal
  • The Sinai Peninsula
  • Preserving Egypt's cultural heritage.