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By R. Neil Hewison

The Fayoum, a wide and really fertile melancholy in Egypt’s Western desolate tract, a few ninety kilometers southwest of Cairo, is a area either wealthy in historical past and notable in usual attractiveness. Its old legacy comprises temples, pyramids, and cities from the center state and the Ptolemaic interval, in addition to church buildings, monasteries, and mosques from later times.
Neil Hewison the following outlines the historical past (and prehistory) of the Fayoum and its lakes, describes the agriculture and rural lifetime of the sector, then publications the customer round the province website through website, by no means averse to taking an engaging detour alongside the way.
Originally released in 1984, this consultant to at least one of Egypt’s such a lot certain and lovely areas fast turned considered as a vintage. The textual content has been completely revised and up to date for this new version, together with a brand new part at the lately declared UNESCO international history website of Wadi al-Hitan, the Valley of the Whales. The ebook is illustrated with colour photos and maps.
Recommended by means of Lonely Planet.

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