River in the Desert: Modern Travels in Ancient Egypt

New York: Random House, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Very good in good jacket. Crease down rear jacket flap, two light stains on jacket edges. 1993 Hard Cover. xiv, 394 pp. Journalist Paul Roberts takes us along as he scales the great pyramids, spends the night in an ancient tomb, navigates the Nile, lives among monks and travels the Arabian Desert by camel. In place after place, we encounter the awesome grandeur of Egypt's past--and hear the beguiling story of its present.