Lonely Planet Egypt

by Humphreys, Andrew; Jenkins, Siona; Logan, Leanne; Cole, Geert; Simonis, Damien

• ISBN13: 9780864426772
• ISBN10: 0864426771
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Lonely Planet

Summary

Fully updated and expanded, this practical guide is the ideal companion for exploring Egypt's legendary attractions. It offers practical information for all budgets, information on outdoor activities (from snorkeling to camel safaris), over 91 new or thoroughly updated maps, and notes on shopping for local crafts. In addition, there is information on newly opented sites, including the Tomb of Nefertari. of color illustrations.

Table of Contents

The Authors	p. 7
This Book	p. 9
Foreword	p. 10
Introduction	p. 13
Facts About Egypt	p. 14
History	p. 14
Geography	p. 28
Climate	p. 28
Ecology and Environment	p. 29
Flora and Fauna	p. 31
Government and Politics	p. 32
Economy	p. 33
Population	p. 33
People	p. 34
Education	p. 34
Arts	p. 35
Society and Conduct	p. 41
Religion	p. 42
Language	p. 45
Pharaonic Egypt	p. 47
Tomb and Temple Architecture	p. 48
Early Buildings	p. 48
Columns	p. 50
Funerary Architecture	p. 51
Temple Architecture	p. 55
Gods and Goddesses	p. 58
Facts for the Visitor	p. 63
Planning	p. 63
Highlights and Suggested Itineraries	p. 65
Tourist Offices	p. 64
Visas and Documents	p. 64
Embassies and Consulates	p. 68
Customs	p. 70
Money	p. 71
Post and Communications	p. 74
Internet Resources	p. 77
Books	p. 77
Newspapers and Magazines	p. 80
Radio and TV	p. 80
Photography and Video	p. 82
Time	p. 83
Electricity	p. 83
Weights and Measures	p. 83
Laundry	p. 83
Toilets	p. 83
Health	p. 83
Women Travellers	p. 93
Gay and Lesbian Travellers	p. 95
Disabled Travellers	p. 95
Senior Travellers	p. 95
Travel with Children	p. 95
Dangers and Annoyances	p. 96
Legal Matters	p. 98
Business Hours	p. 98
Public Holidays and Special Events	p. 98
Activities	p. 101
Courses	p. 101
Work	p. 102
Accommodation	p. 103
Food	p. 106
Drinks	p. 107
Entertainment	p. 108
Spectator Sport	p. 111
Shopping	p. 111
Getting There and Away	p. 116
Air	p. 116
Land	p. 122
Sea	p. 124
Organised Tours	p. 125
Getting Around	p. 129
Air	p. 129
Bus	p. 129
Train	p. 130
Taxi	p. 130
Car and Motorcycle	p. 131
Bicycle	p. 132
Hitching	p. 132
Boat	p. 132
Local Transport	p. 133
Cairo	p. 136
History	p. 137
Orientation	p. 140
Information	p. 140
Central Cairo	p. 145
Egyptian Museum	p. 149
Islamic Cairo	p. 163
Old Cairo	p. 180
Gezira and Zamalek	p. 185
Mohandiseen, Agouza and Doqqi	p. 188
Giza	p. 190
The Pyramids	p. 191
Heliopolis	p. 197
Activities	p. 199
Organised Tours	p. 200
Places to Stay	p. 201
Places to Eat	p. 206
Entertainment	p. 212
Shopping	p. 215
Getting There and Away	p. 216
Getting Around	p. 221
Around Cairo	p. 224
Memphis	p. 224
Abu Sir	p. 226
Saqqara	p. 227
Dahshur	p. 233
Al-Fayoum Oasis	p. 234
Pyramid of Meidum	p. 240
Birqash Camel Market	p. 241
Wadi Natrun	p. 242
The Nile Delta	p. 243
Nile Valley - Beni Suef to Qus	p. 247
Beni Suef	p. 249
Gebel at-Teir and Frazer Tombs	p. 250
Minya	p. 251
Beni Hasan	p. 253
Mallawi	p. 254
Hermopolis	p. 255
Tuna al-Gebel	p. 255
Tell al-Amarna	p. 256
Dairut	p. 258
Al-Qusiya	p. 258
Asyut	p. 259
Around Asyut	p. 261
Sohag	p. 261
Al-Balyana	p. 263
Qena	p. 266
Qift	p. 269
Qus	p. 269
Nile Valley - Luxor	p. 270
History	p. 270
Orientation	p. 271
Information	p. 274
Luxor Museum	p. 275
Mummification Museum	p. 275
Luxor Temple	p. 275
Temples of Karnak	p. 277
Brooke Hospital for Animals	p. 282
West Bank	p. 282
Activities	p. 304
Organised Tours	p. 305
Special Events	p. 305
Places to Stay	p. 306
Places to Eat	p. 312
Entertainment	p. 314
Shopping	p. 315
Getting There and Away	p. 316
Getting Around	p. 317
Nile Valley - Esna to Abu Simbel	p. 318
Esna	p. 318
Al-Kab and Kom al-Ahmar	p. 320
Edfu	p. 321
Silsila	p. 323
Kom Ombo	p. 323
Daraw	p. 325
Aswan	p. 326
Information	p. 327
The Town and East Bank	p. 328
The River	p. 331
The West Bank	p. 332
Activities	p. 334
Organised Tours	p. 334
Places to Stay	p. 334
Places to Eat	p. 337
Entertainment	p. 338
Shopping	p. 339
Getting There and Away	p. 339
Getting Around	p. 342
Around Aswan	p. 342
Aswan Dam	p. 342
Sehel Island	p. 342
Temple of Philae	p. 342
High Dam	p. 344
Lower Nubia and Lake Nasser	p. 345
Lake Nasser	p. 349
Western Oases	p. 356
Kharga Oasis	p. 357
South to Baris	p. 364
Dakhla Oasis	p. 365
Farafra Oasis	p. 371
Bahariyya Oasis	p. 373
Siwa Oasis	p. 377
Siwan Crafts	p. 384
Alexandria and the Mediterranean Coast	p. 387
Alexandria	p. 387
History	p. 387
Orientation	p. 390
Information	p. 391
Ancient Alexandria	p. 395
Central Alexandria	p. 399
Eastern Suburbs	p. 402
Beaches	p. 405
Places to Stay	p. 405
Places to Eat	p. 407
Entertainment	p. 410
Shopping	p. 411
Getting There and Away	p. 411
Getting Around	p. 413
Around Alexandria	p. 413
Abu Qir	p. 413
Abu Mina	p. 413
Rosetta (Rashid)	p. 414
Mediterranean Coast	p. 417
El Alamein	p. 417
Sidi Abdel Rahman	p. 419
Ras al-Hikma	p. 419
Marsa Matruh	p. 419
Sidi Barani	p. 423
Sallum	p. 423
Suez Canal	p. 425
Port Said	p. 425
Qantara	p. 431
Ismailia	p. 432
Suez	p. 436
Red Sea Coast	p. 441
Ain Sukhna	p. 441
Zafarana	p. 442
Monasteries	p. 442
Al-Gouna	p. 444
Hurghada (Al-Ghardaka)	p. 445
Around Hurghada	p. 459
Port Safaga	p. 460
Around Port Safaga	p. 461
Al-Quseir	p. 461
Around Al-Quseir	p. 463
Marsa Alam	p. 464
Berenice	p. 465
Bir Shalatein	p. 465
Diving the Red Sea	p. 466
Marine Life	p. 467
Reef Protection	p. 468
Dive Sites	p. 469
Dive Clubs	p. 472
Tips for Safe Diving in the Red Sea	p. 475
Further Information	p. 476
Sinai	p. 477
Oyun Musa	p. 481
Ras as-Sudr	p. 481
Qalaat al-Gindi and Nakhl	p. 482
Hammam Fara'un	p. 482
Serabit al-Khadim	p. 482
El-Tor	p. 483
Ras Mohammed National Park	p. 483
Sharm el-Sheikh and Na'ama Bay	p. 483
Shark's Bay	p. 492
Dahab	p. 492
Nuweiba	p. 499
Nuweiba to Taba	p. 504
Taba	p. 506
St Katherine's Monastery	p. 506
Wadi Feiran	p. 510
Al-Arish	p. 510
Rafah	p. 513
Language	p. 514
Glossary	p. 521
Acknowledgments	p. 524
Index	p. 537
Text	p. 537
Boxed Text	p. 543
Map Legend
Metric Conversion
Cairo
Greater Cairo	p. 138
Central Cairo	p. 146
Egyptian Museum	p. 150
Tutankhamun Galleries	p. 156
Midan Ramses and Around	p. 163
Al-Azhar and Khan al-Khalili	p. 165
North of Khan al-Khalili	p. 167
Al-Azhar to the Citadel	p. 171
Museum of Islamic Art	p. 174
The Citadel	p. 175
The Citadel to Ibn Tulun	p. 178
Northern Cemetery	p. 179
Old Cairo	p. 181
Mohandiseen, Agouza and Zamalek	p. 186
Doqqi, Giza and Gezira	p. 189
The Giza Plateau	p. 192
Heliopolis	p. 198
Ramses Train Station	p. 219
The Cairo Metro	p. 222
Around Cairo
Around Cairo	p. 225
Abu Sir and Saqqara	p. 226
North Saqqara	p. 228
Medinat al-Fayoum	p. 236
Nile Valley - Beni Suef to Qus
Nile Valley	p. 248
Beni Suef	p. 250
Minya	p. 252
Hermopolis, Tuna al-Gebel and Tell al-Amarna	p. 255
Asyut	p. 260
Sohag	p. 262
Abydos	p. 264
Qena	p. 267
Dendara	p. 268
Nile Valley - Luxor
Around Luxor	p. 271
Luxor (East Bank)	p. 272
Luxor Temple	p. 276
Karnak: Amun Temple Enclosure	p. 278
Luxor (West Bank)	p. 283
Valley of the Kings	p. 287
Tomb of Queen Tawsert/Sethnakt	p. 289
Tomb of Tuthmosis III	p. 290
Tomb of Amenhotep II	p. 291
Tomb of Tuthmosis IV	p. 291
Tomb of Horemheb	p. 292
Tomb of Tutankhamun	p. 292
Tomb of Hatshepsut	p. 294
Tomb of Khaemhet	p. 298
Tomb of Ramose	p. 298
The Ramesseum	p. 299
Tomb of Nefertari	p. 301
Tomb of Amunherkhepshep	p. 302
Medinat Habu	p. 303
Nile Valley - Esna to Abu Simbel
Southern Upper Egypt	p. 319
Esna	p. 320
Edfu	p. 321
Temple of Horus	p. 322
Temple of Kom Ombo	p. 324
Aswan	p. 327
Central Aswan	p. 329
Aswan Dams	p. 342
Temple of Philae	p. 343
Lower Nubia and Lake Nasser	p. 346
Temple of Abu Simbel	p. 353
Western Oases
Western Oases	p. 357
Kharga Oasis	p. 360
Al-Kharga	p. 361
Dakhla Oasis	p. 366
Mut	p. 367
Farafra Oasis	p. 371
Qasr al-Farafra	p. 372
Bahariyya Oasis	p. 374
Bawati	p. 375
Siwa Oasis	p. 378
Siwa	p. 379
Alexandria and the Mediterranean Coast
Mediterranean Coast	p. 388
Alexandria	p. 390
Central Alexandria	p. 392
Midan Ramla and Around	p. 394
Catacombs of Kom ash-Shuqqafa	p. 399
Rosetta (Rashid)	p. 415
Marsa Matruh	p. 420
Suez Canal
Suez Canal	p. 426
Port Said	p. 428
Ismailia	p. 433
Suez and Port Tawfiq	p. 437
Red Sea Coast
Red Sea Coast	p. 442
Hurghada Coast	p. 445
Ad-Dahar, Hurghada	p. 446
Sigala, Hurghada	p. 451
Al-Quseir	p. 462
Diving the Red Sea
Diving the Red Sea	p. 467
Sinai
Sinai	p. 478
Sharm el-Sheikh	p. 484
Na'ama Bay	p. 485
Sharm el-Sheikh and Na'ama Bay	p. 486
Dahab	p. 493
Nuweiba	p. 500
St Katherine's Monastery	p. 507
Al-Arish	p. 511
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