Egypt, Eastern Desert, Western Desert, Sinai Nile Valley
Four major physiographic divisions are recognized in Egypt – the Eastern Desert, the Western Desert, Sinai, and the Nile Valley and Delta. In human terms, these reduce to two: the deserts (including...
View ArticleThe Nile Valley Egypt
For most of its 750-mile length from the Egypt-Sudan boundary to the head of the delta, about 10 miles north of Cairo, the shining snake of the half-mile wide Nile coils itself back and forth in a...
View ArticleNile: The Valley between Aswan and Isna
From Aswan to the sea the gradient of the Nile averages only 1:13, 000 (1 meter to 13 kilometers), as compared to 1:11, 000 in the narrow Nubian valley. A short distance downstream from Aswan the...
View ArticleEgypt: The Isna-Nag Hammadi Section
Near Isna, 35 miles north of Idfu, a distinct geological and physiographical change in the channel of the Nile and its valley and flood plain occurs. There the Nubian sandstones give place to limestone...
View ArticleVintage Egypt Travel Print – Egypt This Winter
Egypt This Winter Art Print Buy at AllPosters.com Supreme for Sunshine Sport and Gaiety The fundamental motive of the pyramid is the funeral mound. A small upheaval above the natural level of the...
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