...After the equinox but not until June 23 1827, Hay and Lane, and presumably Kalitza, set sail for Upper Egypt and Nubia. Two day's sailing brought them to Beni Soueif at midmorning, where they left the boat to make an excursion into the Fayyum, the large, intensely fertile area to the west...

...The Copts gradually neglected the education of their children in literary Coptic. The majority of the scribal works in these centuries were Arabic translations of the original Coptic works. The inhabitants of Upper Egypt contributed positively to the advancement of Christian knowledge, not only...

... of khul' Fellahin and peasants Male identity and masculinity Upper Egypt vs Cairo societal norms Tradition and modernity Egyptian television serials 1919: The first woman to become active in politics 1958: Dr. Hikmat Abu Zayd becomes Egypt's first female minister...

...Christianity and monasticism have flourished in Upper Egypt from as early as the fourth century until the present day. The contributors to this volume, international specialists in Coptology, examine various aspects of Coptic civilization along the Nile Valley, from Nag Hammadi (associated...

...This volume presents the results of recent archaeological and historical studies of the Ottoman fort of Quseir, which was Upper Egypt's only direct outlet to the Red Sea at that time. Illustrated with over 100 maps, drawings, and photos, this study examines a key example of Ottoman-era material...

...The capital of the sixth province in Upper Egypt during the pharaonic period was known as Dandara. The oldest tradition of Christians in Dandara is found in a reference in the Arabic Synaxarion under 15 Bashans (Basset 1904—29, vol. 4: 386). Because of Pachomius's influence...

... Catholic faith or as a sign of modernity has to be further researched. Christians in Upper Egypt cling to their traditions. Perhaps the most interesting feature of the modest Akhmim figurative art from the Beylik-Mamluk and missionary eras are those details that are loaned from late antique and early...

...Mesokemic (siglum: M) is a dialect of Coptic that was discovered relatively late. Paul E. Kahle was the first to describe its characteristics and distinguish M clearly from the other dialects of Upper Egypt and the Fayoum. The corpus of texts in Mesokemic...

...This chapter deals with the monasteries in Lower Egypt that were part of the Pachomian Federation of Upper Egypt. In the discourse of Coptic Christian history, the Pachomians retain their place as part of the golden age of monastic origins from which their movement transitions seamlessly...

... of the Nile. In particular it investigates river journey times in Upper Egypt between Cairo, Qus and Aswan, and also the overland journey times between these cities to the Red Sea ports of al-Quseir and ‘Aydhab. In the Delta it looks at the times taken to travel between Cairo and Alexandria, Rosetta, Damietta...

...Christianity and monasticism have long flourished in the northern part of Upper Egypt and in the Nile Delta, from Beni Suef to the Mediterranean coast. The chapters in this volume, written by international specialists in Coptology, examine various aspects of Coptic civilization in northern Egypt...

...This new study weaves anthropological detail with hard facts and analysis as it takes the reader to visit the community schools of Upper Egypt. It offers a historical understanding of the initiative whilst carefully embedding it in the political and economic global context of the late twentieth...

...This chapter discusses the author's arrival at the large village of Munckaba't, where the western chain of mountains behind Asyoo't becomes a prominent feature in the landscape. Asyoo ‘t is also called Sooyoo't. This city has succeeded to Gir'ga (or Jir'ja) as the capital of Upper Egypt; or rather...

...Gir'ga, or Jir'ja, is still a large and flourishing town; but not so populous or wealthy as it was prior to the fall of the Memloo'ks; for during the period of their ascendancy it was the capital of Upper Egypt. Its numerous ma'd'nehs render its distant appearance rather imposing. Several of its...

... boats and vessels flood al Idrisi Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad Upper Egypt Nile branch Bahr Yusuf It is, of course, unsurprising that the medieval geographies of the Nile confirm to us that the route of the main Nile through Upper Egypt from the First Cataract to Cairo was much as it is today—perhaps...

...Christianity and monasticism have flourished along the Nile Valley in the Sohag region of Upper Egypt from as early as the 4th century until the present day. Chapters examine various aspects of Coptic civilization in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Sohag over the past 1700 years. Many...