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River in the Desert by Paul William Roberts

Name: River in the Desert by Paul William Roberts
Brand: Fehmerling Books
SKU: 0679421041
Price: 22.00 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780679421047

River in the Desert by Paul William Roberts

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Book Specifications

Format: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Random House (1993)
Length: 394 pages
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780679421047
LCCN: 92050512
OCLC: 26356504

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An Atmospheric 1993 Travelogue of Egyptian Mysticism, Bedouin Life, and the Nile

Journalist Paul William Roberts chronicles his travels along the Nile Valley during the geopolitically tense early 1990s. Roberts records high-stakes encounters across Egypt, detailing how he bribed antiquities guards to spend a solitary night locked inside the stone sarcophagus of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

His journal traces a path from the dense alleyways of Cairo to the Eastern Desert, where he lived alongside nomadic Ma'aza Bedouins and secured entry into a closed Sufi gnostic ritual, examining the friction between ancient pharaonic mythology and modern Egyptian identity.

Why You’ll Love This Book

Paul William Roberts brings investigative grit and literary flair to recording Egyptian history and desert mysticism. An absorbing volume for readers of Middle Eastern travel literature, archaeological adventures, and cultural reportage.

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