The Pharaoh's Shadow

Author(s): Anthony Sattin

Travel & Sport

In a ruined temple along the Nile, Anthony Sattin sees a woman praying to the gods of ancient Egypt to bless her with a child. Later that day, a policeman stops his taxi to ask to borrow a mobile phone to call his mother. The ancient rubs up against the modern just as dramatically as when Flaubert wrote, 'Egypt is a wonderful place for contrasts - splendid things gleam in the dust". Anthony Sattin has tracked down extraordinary examples of ancient survivals in the hurly-burly of modern Egypt.

General Information

  • : 9781780600611
  • : Eland Publishing Ltd
  • : Eland Publishing Ltd
  • : 01 October 2012
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 01 April 2013
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Anthony Sattin
  • : Paperback