A Thousand Miles Up the NileAmelia Edwards (1831-1892) was an English novelist, journalist and travel writer. In the winter of 1873-1874 she and her companion visited Egypt, travelling up the Nile from Cairo to Abu Simbel and back. Edwards became fascinated with ancient Egypt as a result of this visit, founding the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1882 and devoting the rest of her life to Egyptology and the protection of Egypt's ancient monuments. This volume, first published in 1876, contains Edwards' engaging description of her life-changing visit to Egypt. She vividly describes ancient sites and monuments which have since been damaged or destroyed, and provides sharp observations and descriptions of contemporary Egyptian society and culture. Her animated and witty stories of her experiences, combined with over sixty illustrations created during her journey, ensured the immense popularity of this volume, which remains a charming and fascinating description of nineteenth-century Egypt. |
Contents
CAIRO TO BEDRESHAYN | 5 |
CHAPTER IV | 69 |
The rule of the Nile The ShadoofBenisooefThieves | 129 |
CHAPTER VII | 162 |
CHAPTER VIII | 198 |
A storm on the NileErmentA gentlemanly BeyEsnehA | 229 |
CHAPTER X | 257 |
CHAPTER XI | 288 |
Luxor DonkeyBoysTopography of Ancient ThebesPylons | 344 |
CHAPTER XIV | 357 |
CHAPTER XV | 384 |
CHAPTER XVI | 414 |
Volcanic mountainsKalat AddaGebel eshShemsThe first | 455 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 476 |
CHAPTER XIX | 521 |
CHAPTER XX | 572 |
CHAPTER XII | 307 |
Nubian sceneryA sandslopeMissing YoosefTrading | 342 |
CHAPTER XXII | 680 |
APPENDIX | 723 |
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Aboo Simbel Abydos Amenemhat III Ammon ancient Arab Assouan Bagstones bank bas-reliefs beautiful boat Boulak Cairo camels cartouches Cataract chamber Champollion colonnades colossi colour columns Coptic Copts courtyard Dahabeeyah deck deities Denderah desert donkeys doorway dragoman Dynasty Edfoo Egypt Egyptian Elephantine Esneh excavated face feet Fostat Gebel Gods Governor granite Greek hall hand Hathor head height hieroglyphic Horus hundred inscription Isis island Karnak King light look Luxor Mariette Meanwhile Memphis miles monuments morning mosque mounds mountains mummy native Nile Nubia obelisk Osiris Painter palms Pharaoh Phila Philæ Phile portico pschent Ptolemies pylon Pyramid quarries Rameses Rameses II Ramesseum reign Reïs Hassan river rock Rougé round ruins sacred sail sailors Sakkarah sand sculptured seems seen Seti Sheykh side Siout Sphinx stands stone Talhamy Temple Thebes tomb towers travellers village Wady Halfeh walls wind wonderful Writer