...Fig 5.1 From Bir Hakim in the desert, Free French legionnaires rush to attack an enemy strong point, June 12, 1942. (IWM E 13313) Fig 5.2 Colonial troops man outposts: a colonial machine gunner receiving orders by telephone at a Western Desert outpost. (Photograph by Cecil Beaton IWM K 3538...

...This chapter looks at what the ancient Egyptians’ relation was with the desert and how this link, associated with the biblical idea of the desert, may have prepared the birth of the Christian ‘desert spirituality’ that developed in the monastic movement. The identification of the desert...

... archaeological structures known at the mouth of the great desert valley of Tuna-South until now do not lie on the surface, but underground, consisting of the vast subterranean world of the animal galleries of Tuna al-Gebel. These are the burial places of ibises, baboons, falcons, and other sacred animals...

... ports of al-Qulzum, al-Quseir and ‘Aydhab, mediated by sometimes lengthy journeys across the Eastern Desert, and considers the relative merits of the various routes between lower Egypt and the destinations to the south of Egypt on the Red Sea. Abbasid period Baghdad Indian Ocean Mediterranean Sea...

... and politically, many relocated people transformed their urban spaces. The effects of displacement by the earthquake can be read on several levels. Because of the earthquake, moving from homes in the old town and Cairo's central neighborhoods to apartments in the new, peripheral desert cities implied an essential...

...Not all travelers ventured into the desert but for those who travel in these dry lands there was a different and often exciting experience. Hahn Hahn Countess Ida Blackman Winifred Hornby Emily Martineau Harriet Brassey Lady Annie Bird Isabella Mrs Bishop Lushington Sarah Cobbold Lady Evelyn...

..., but the rest of the division's role in the Desert War had come to an end. The decision was that conversion to an armored division would take place and that it would best be done in the Union of South Africa itself. ⁶¹ Total South African casualties in North Africa were 20,279, of which battle...

... 6.2 Items found in desert. a. Wooden ammunition box. b. Italian shorts. c. Pack of ‘Macedonia’ Italian cigarettes. d. British boots used by Italians after the fall of Tobruk. e. Deactivated antitank mines. f. Ceramic isolators along the palisade (a telegraphic line connecting...

...Separating the Western Desert from the Nile River, the natural landscape of the Libyan Plateau's terminal escarpment reminds one of a breaking wave, the rising crest of its Theban Mountain attempting one final crescendo before rolling ashore. Despite the imagery, the Western Desert's Theban...

...This chapter quickly looks at desert exploration and covers the history of Egypt’s deserts from prehistoric times to the present, its pre-1950 attempts at development, and the main geographical features of the three components: the Western Desert, the Eastern Desert, and the Sinai Peninsula. Burton...

...This chapter looks at the history of the rapid expansion of tourism investments and tourist establishments and on the desert shorelines of the Mediterranean and Red Sea, the environmental challenges they create, and their inability to attract permanent inhabitants at any scale. Desert eco-tourism...

...This chapter shows how government agencies have consistently treated desert land as something to give away to those favoured by the regime and as a consequence has not attracted many serious investors. Issues addressed include patronage, land speculation, flawed land allocations, and public land...

...This chapter examines policy that would lead to more sustainable desert development and reduce land speculation. It advances basic principles for a new public land management system for Egypt that is more equitable and certainly more transparent, and that preserves the rights of future generations...

... of the modern desert city beginning in the late 1970s. It also discusses a fourth form of urban development in Cairo called the peri-urban city. This development occurred on what was originally a rich agricultural plain dotted with villages and small towns, mostly west and north of Cairo proper. Allied Force...

...This chapter looks at the geological environment of Wadi Natrun that made it possible to establish and sustain such a vibrant community in that part of the Western Desert of Egypt. The geological history of Wadi Natrun is written in its rocks. It can be read by examining these rocks, putting them...

... they affect, and are affected by, Bedouin communities living in the arid areas of the Nubian Desert in southeastern Egypt. Written by a joint Egyptian, Russian, and British research team, the book seeks to examine how the Bedouin of this area have coped with the environmental changes brought about after...

...Egypt has placed its hopes on developing its vast and empty deserts as the ultimate solution to the country’s problems. New cities, new farms, new industrial zones, new tourism resorts, and new development corridors all have been promoted for over half a century to create a modern Egypt...

...Wadi al-Natrun, a depression in the Western Desert of Egypt, is one of the most important centers for the development and continued thriving of the Coptic monastic tradition. Christianity and monasticism have prospered there from as early as the fourth century until the present day, when four major...

... of the Nile. Passing through a break in the western valley escarpment, it then flows down into the Fayyum, one of several large depressions that dot the Western Desert of Egypt. At the other end of the passage through the hills, Lane made a much more careful examination of the Pyramid of Hawara. It had once...