The Nile : Natural and Cultural Landscape in Egypt

Although Herodot's dictum that "Egypt is a gift of the Nile" is proverbial, there has been only scant attention to the way the river impacted on ancient Egyptian society. Egyptologists frequently focus on the textual and iconographic record, whereas archaeologists and earth scientists...

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Other Authors: Willems, Harco (Editor), Dahms, Jan-Michael (Editor)
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Published: Bielefeld, Germany transcript Verlag 20170131
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