Author: Kuno SchmutnigPublisher: Robert Hale
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Alone on the Blue Nile
Author: Kuno SchmutnigPublisher: Robert Hale
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Alone on the Blue Nile
Author: Kuno SteubenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blue Nile River (Ethiopia and Sudan)
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Down the Nile
Author: Rosemary MahoneyPublisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0316007323
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Rosemary Mahoney was determined to take a solo trip down the Egyptian Nile in a small boat, even though civil unrest and vexing local traditions conspired to create obstacles every step of the way. Starting off in the south, she gained the unlikely sympathy and respect of a Muslim sailor, who provided her with both a seven-foot skiff and a window into the culturally and materially impoverished lives of rural Egyptians. Egyptian women don't row on the Nile, and tourists aren't allowed to for safety's sake. Mahoney endures extreme heat during the day, and a terror of crocodiles while alone in her boat at night. Whether she's confronting deeply held beliefs about non-Muslim women, finding connections to past chroniclers of the Nile, or coming to the dramaticm realization that fear can engender unwarranted violence, Rosemary Mahoney's informed curiosity about the world, her glorious prose, and her wit never fail to captivate.
The Blue Nile
Author: Alan MooreheadPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060956402
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
In the first half of the nineteenth century, only a small handful of Westerners had ventured into the regions watered by the Nile River on its long journey from Lake Tana in Abyssinia to the Mediterranean-lands that had been forgotten since Roman times, or had never been known at all. In The Blue Nile, Alan Moorehead continues the classic, thrilling narration of adventure he began in The White Nile, depicting this exotic place through the lives of four explorers so daring they can be considered among the world's original adventurers -- each acting and reacting in separate expeditions against a bewildering background of slavery and massacre, political upheaval and all-out war.
The Nineteenth Century
Author: The Twentieth Century
Author: The Nineteenth Century and After
Author: Nineteenth Century
Author: The Source of the Blue Nile
Author: Gedef Abawa FirewPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443867918
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Ethiopia has a rich and fascinating cultural heritage structured around water. The River Nile has been seen by many as the most important river in the world, and the secrets of the sources of the Nile and their mysteries have, from the dawn of civilization, attracted philosophers, emperors and explorers searching for answers. The source of the Blue Nile, Gish Abay, is believed to be the outlet of the biblical river Gihon, flowing directly from Paradise, linking this world with Heaven. The holiness of Abay (the Blue Nile) and its source in particular still has an important role in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. In the Lake Tana region, there are also numerous other myths, traditions and rituals concerning the river. Several of the island monasteries are incredibly holy, and indigenous practices and sacrifices to the river are still conducted. The most important celebration in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church is the Timkat festival, which is an annual commemoration of the importance of baptism. Despite the importance of the River Nile from antiquity to present-day practices and beliefs in Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, very little research has been conducted on the cultural and religious aspects of the Blue Nile in general and its source, Gish Abay, and Lake Tana in Ethiopia in particular. This book combines historic sources and new empirical ethnography, presenting parts of this cultural heritage and the traditions of water along the Blue Nile.
Twentieth Century
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1060
Book Description
The Nineteenth century and after (London)