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od e ia g tRAVEL books, guides & maps The Geology – The Fauna – The Flora – NEW P The Climate – The Gilf Kebir Plateau – GEODIA EDIZIONI INTERNAZIONALI The Exploration of the Gilf Kebir – o GiLf KEBir The Prehistory – Wadi Abd el-Malik – c NaTioNaL ParK Wadi Hamra – Wadi Bakht Wadi Eight Bells – • 4 Geodia is an Italian publishing house founded in 1996 and specialized in k Magaret el-Kantara – Wadi Sura – On the E 8 ar chaeological and cultural guide books, tourist maps, and nature and diving guides, Abu Ras Plateau – From the Gilf to e Gebel Uweinat – Gebel Uweinat – g t also published in customized editions. All its illustrations are its own original p The Exploration of Gebel Uweinat – y cr eations, whose high quality makes Geodia one of the most dynamic and innovative a The Prehistory – Karkur Talh – G g publishers in this sector. The Great Sand Sea. p e u Geodia also owns an archive of over 100,000 colour slides distributed by t s i • d Image Service that can be utilized by other publishing houses. The Geodia catalogue comprises more than 90 titles in the following categories: e s 3 E gy p t Pocket Guides 19 Diving Gu ides Natu re & Environment Size 11,6x21,5 cm Snorkelin g Gu ides Glossy coated paper 7 20 Pock et Guides 170 g/sq.m 48 pages Cover with flaps E xplorer Guides Souvenir Books 8 20 Languages: Italian, English, French, German, Russian ® C ity Maps Memofish Collection NEW The Geography and History of the Fayoum – Gilf Kebir National Park, 9 21 Visiting Medinet Madi – The Visitor Center Medinet Madi, MEDiNET MaDi and the Eco-Lodge – The Nine Lives of Fayoum and Wadi el Rayan , Medinet Madi – The Discoveries Made arChaEoLoGiCaL also in Arabic edition 11 Gui de Maps 22 Dive Logbooks by Achille Vogliano – The Excavations GuiDE Made by the University of Pisa – The Medinet Madi Archaeological Park th 18 19 -Century Travel Books 22 Diving Maps Pocket Guides is 23 Posters a series of small archaeological guides with a Gadgets 23 wealth of illustrations: each of them has over 23 Kid’s Book 150 original photographs, drawings and maps. 3 ThE oaSES CoPTiC EGyPT Luxor, KarNaK, aND ThE ThEBaN TEMP LES P s o e c • 4 d • k i E s 8 e t u e g t p p g ThE PyraMiDS y G a a G y g p p t g e u t e 8 s E i k • d 4 • c e The Copts – The Itinerary of the Holy Family – Monks and Hermits – The Temples of Luxor and Karnak – The Open-Air Museum – o s Coptic Cairo: Al-Fustat, The Synagogue of Ben Ezra, The Church of al- The Colossi of Memnon – Medinet Habu – The Ramesseum – P Mu‘allaqa, The Coptic Museum – The Monasteries of Wadi al-Natrun Deir al-Bahari – The Temple of Sethos I – The Luxor Museum – – The Monasteries of the Red Sea. The Mummification Museum – The Temple of Dendera. aLExaNDria aND ThE NorTh CoaST SiNai What is an oasis? – The Environment • Abu Simbel and the – The Oases and Their History – • Abu Simbel and the Nubian Temples The Bahariya Oasis – From Bahariya Nubian Temples • Alexandria and the to Farafra – The Farafra Oasis – • Alexandria and the The White Desert – The Dakhla Oasis North Coast North Coast – The Kharga Oasis. • Aswan • Aswan • Coptic Egypt • Coptic Egypt • The Fayoum and • The Fayoum and Wadi El-Rayan The History – The Building Technique – Giza: Wadi El-Rayan • Gilf Kebir National the Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure, • Gilf Kebir National the Great Sphinx, the Royal Bark, the Private Park Alexandria and its monuments – The Greco-Roman Museum – Geology – Fauna and Flora – The Coral Reef – The Mangroves – Park • Islamic Cairo Tombs – Saqqara: Djoser’s Step Pyramid, • Islamic Cairo The Bibliotheca Alexandrina – Abu Qir – Rosetta – Lake Mariut – The Desert – The Oases – History – The Bedouin – the Pyramids of Teti, Unas, the Private Tombs • Luxor, Karnak, and • Luxor, Karnak, and Philoxenite – Abusir – The St. Menas Monastery – Ras Mohammed – Sharm el-Sheikh – Dahab – Nuweiba – Taba – – Memphis – Dahshur – Meidum. the Theban Temples Al-Alamein. St. Catherine’s Monastery. the Theban • Medinet Madi Temples Archaeological ThE fayouM aND waDi EL-rayaN • Medinet Madi Guide Archaeological • The Oases Guide • The Pyramids • The Oases • Sinai • The Pyramids • The Valley of the • Sinai Kings and the • The Valley of the Theban Tombs Kings and the Theban Tombs The Fayoum – Fauna – Flora – The History of the Fayoum – The Pyramids of the Fayoum – Lake Quarun – Wadi el-Rayan – The Lakes of Wadi 4 el-Rayan – The Valley of the Whales – The Springs Area – Management. 5 aSwaN Size 11,6x21,5 Glossy coated paper 170 g/sq.m 48 pages N Lamination + spot UV on cover with flaps s Nature & Environment Languages: Italian, English, French, German a e t d • u i ThE vaLLEy of ThE KiNGS P s r t u e aND o e p g ThE ThEBaN ToMBS c G • a y & 4 k p t g 8 e e 8 E E t p k 4 fayouM a n • G c g Esna – Al-Kab – Edfu – Kom Ombo – Aswan: Elephantine, the v o e Cataract, the High Dam, the Unfinished Obelisk, the Botanical u i s P Island, St. Simeon’s Monastery, The Tombs of the Nobles – r i • d The Island of Philae – The Nubia Museum. o e aBu SiMBEL aND ThE NuBiaN TEMPLES n s m e n • Abu Simbel and the Nubian Temples t • Alexandria and the North Coast The Fayoum – Fauna – Flora – • Aswan The History of the Fayoum – • Coptic Egypt The Pyramids of the Fayoum – • The Fayoum and Lake Quarun – Wadi el-Rayan – The Lakes of Wadi Wadi El-Rayan West Thebes – The Mortuary Ritual el-Rayan – The Valley of the – The Valley of the Kings – The • Gilf Kebir National Whales – The Springs Area – Valley of the Queens – The Tombs Park Lake Nasser – The History of Nubia – The UNESCO Rescue Management. of the Nobles – The workmen’s • Islamic Cairo Campaign – The Sites: New Kalabsha, New Sebua, New village of Deir al-Medina. • Luxor, Karnak, and Amada, Qasr Ibrim, Abu Simbel. the Theban Temples • Medinet Madi Archaeological iSLaMiC Cairo SiNai Guide • The Oases • The Pyramids • Sinai • The Valley of the Kings and the Theban Tombs The Origins and History of Cairo – Islamic Architecture in Cairo Geology – Fauna and Flora – The Coral Reef – The Mangroves – The Desert – The Oases – – Mosques and Madrasas – Sabil – Caravanserais – Private Homes History – The Bedouin – Ras Mohammed – Sharm el-Sheikh – Dahab – Nuweiba – Taba – 6 – The Great Monuments. St. Catherine’s Monastery. 7 11x23,5 cm folded 66x48 cm open C City Maps Mark & Erase! Glossy coated paper 180 g/sq.m E e SaiNT CaThEriNE Lamination on both sides g ThE MoNaSTEry aND iTS TErriTory i t d y i with a preface by HE Archbishop Damianos of Sinai y • p u s The St. Catherine Region – Trekking in the Protectorate – St. CaThEriNE TrEKKiNG & CiTy MaP NEW M t t e G The Environment – The Bedouin of St. Catherine – The Visitor Center p g – St. Catherine’s Monastery – The Israelites, the Exodus and Mt. Sinai a r – The Monastery and Islam – The Monastery Bedouin – Pilgrims and a y Visitors – The Monastery in the Art of David Roberts and the p e p g Writings of Pierre Loti. r s 6 E o The Basilica of the Transfiguration – St. Catherine of Alexandria – 9 l • The Chapel of St. James – The Chapel of the Burning Bush – p The Mosaic of the Transfiguration – x Mark... The Restoration of the Tracciare. .. 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