Egypt and the Sûdân : handbook for travellers / by Karl Baedeker ; with 106 maps and plans, and 56 woodcuts.
Alternate Title(s):
Baedeker's Egypt
Edition:
Eighth revised edition.
Published / Created:
Leipzig : Karl Baedeker ; London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd. ; New York : Chas. Scribner's Sons, 1929.
Physical Description:
ccviii, 495 pages, 67 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps (some folded), plans (some folded) ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages cciv-ccviii) and index.
Contents:
Preliminary information / Leigh Canney; Curt Prufer -- Geographical and ethnographical notes / Col. Sir Henry Lyons; Georg Schweinfurth; Georg Steindorff -- El-Islam / C. H. Becker -- Outline of the history of Egypt -- Hieroglyphics -- Religion of the ancient Egyptians -- Historical notice of Egyptian art / Georg Steindorff -- Christian art in Egypt / Ugo Monneret de Villard -- Islamic architecture in Egypt / Capt. K. A. C. Creswell -- Lower Egypt -- Upper Egypt -- Lower Nubia -- Upper Nubia and the Sudan.