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A Ride in Egypt from Sioot to Luxor in 1879 : With Notes on the Present State and Ancient History of the Nile Valley, and Some Account of the Various Ways of Making the Voyage out and Home.
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| 著者・編者 | Loftie, William John, |
|---|---|
| シリーズ | Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor |
| 出版社 | (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) |
| 出版年月 | 2018 |
| ページ数 | 426 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜645-L1977 645-P4326＞ |
解説
In the second half of the nineteenth century, accounts of the journey down the Nile became increasingly common. This narrative by William John Loftie (1839-1911), who wrote prolifically on travel, art, architecture and history, was published in 1879. (His A Century of Bibles is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.) Loftie spent in total about 15 months in the Nile valley over several seasons, and justifies his book by the rate of archaeological discoveries: 'books published even three years ago are already behind the times'. He gives details of his journeys to and from Egypt, and of visits to the famous sites, but, unusually, he takes notice of the current political and economic state of Egypt, and is trenchant in some of his criticisms. He also goes off the beaten tourist track, hiring donkeys to make excursions away from the river, rather than travelling only by boat.