Vintage Egypt: Cruising the Nile in the Golden Age of Travel Women in Egypt offering an overview of the

offering an overview of the art of ancient Egypt in a single volume

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Alphabetic arrangement of the entries ensures ease of use as both a manual and a reference work

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Vintage Egypt: Cruising the Nile in the Golden Age of Travel Women in Egypt offering an overview of theAlain Blottire As wealthy tourists descended upon Egypt in the early twentieth century, a well heeled jet set emerged in Cairo and Alexandria. Period photographs celebrate the glamor: a Bugatti at the foot of the pyramids, a local sailboat transformed into a sumptuous yacht, a few tourists in white suits and Panama hats . . . these are the images of a voyage in Egypt under the last kings, Fuad and Farouk, between 1917 and 1952. Writers such as Rudyard