1st Edition
The Nile and Its Masters: Past, Present, Future Source of Hope and Anger
By Jean Kerisel
Copyright 2001
184 Pages
by
CRC Press
184 Pages
by
CRC Press
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The Pharoahs were masters of the Nile: they had a detailed understanding of the ways of the river. Modern Egyptians see themselves as heirs to this tradition, and as owners of the Nile waters. In the 1960's, Egypt decided to protect its increasingly-populated Nile valley from the ravages of annual flooding by building a dam. A... Read more
PART 1 CHAPTER 1-THE NILE, AN ANCESTRAL WATERWAY, CHAPTER 2 -THE AGE OF THE PHARAOHS: THEIR SUBTLE UNDERSTANDING OF WATER, PART 2 CHAPTER 3 -THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: PERSISTENCE OF THE PHARAONIC DREAM, CHAPTER 4- EGYPT IN MODERN TIMES, CHAPTER 4- EGYPT IN MODERN TIMES
Biography
Jean Kerisel (Author) Emeritus Proffessor, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussces, Paris
