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Traveling Through Sinai
Deborah Manley
Sahar Abdel-Hakim
其他書名
From the Fourth to the Twenty-First Century
出版
American Univ in Cairo Press
, 2009
主題
Literary Criticism / Middle Eastern
Travel / General
Travel / Essays & Travelogues
Travel / Middle East / Egypt
ISBN
9774162811
9789774162817
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=4h01YaOex1oC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Sinai has long attracted travelers to its ancient caravan routes and haunting landscapes, and visitors have frequently left written accounts of their experiences. In this wide-ranging anthology, Deborah Manley and Sahar Abdel- Hakim have collected dozens of accounts and observations from travelers who have written about Sinai, its people, its sights, and its historical and biblical landmarks. Starting with Egeria, a fourth-century Christian who relates her visit to Mt. Sinai and the Burning Bush, Traveling through Sinai offers a diverse collection of voices over the centuries. Among themare the German friar Felix Fabri, who visited in 1492, and nineteenth-century antiquarian William Flinders Petrie, giving his impressions of the Bedouins of the peninsula. French novelist Alexandre Dumas writes of meeting two monks in the desert carrying a letter signed by Napoleon, while others describe crossing the canal at Suez, the ancient inscriptions of Wadi Mukattab, and the harrowing experiences of desert travel.