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556 INDE X INDE X 1973 War 43 a Abdeen Palace 117 Abu Ghorab

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bargaining 514 bus travel to/from 524-5 International Film Festival 510 INDEX Baring, Sir Evelyn 40 bus travel within Egypt 529, 532 142 Baris 336 business hours 503 Cairo Zoo 156-7 INDEX Index Bashendi 342 Cambyses 346 Bastet 52 C camel markets 1973 War 43 attractions 373-85 rock art 298 bathrooms 516 Cairo 107-84, 110-11 Birqash 212-13 beaches 384-5 rock carvings 341 Battle of the Pyramids 38 accommodation 157-62 Daraw 299 A Central Alexandria 378-9, art galleries Bawiti 349-53, 350 activities 153-5 camel rides 117 380-1 Cairo 153 beaches Agouza 142, 144-5 Dakhla Oases 341 Abu Ghorab 199 courses 385 Art Center 141 Alexandria 384-5 ahwas 169-70 Giza Plateau 147 Abu Giffa Pass 493 drinking 389-91 Hanager Arts Centre 141 Hurghada 424 attractions 116-53 276 Abu Mina 395 Eastern Suburbs 381-4 Palace of Arts 141 Ismailia 413 bookshops 109-12 Sharm el-Sheikh 466 Abu Qir 394-5 entertainment 391-2 arts 69-76 Mediterranean Coast 403 Central Cairo 116-23, 118-19 camel safaris Abu Simbel 22, 323-6, 12 food 387-9 83-4, 299-315, 302, 9 Moon Beach 459 children, travel with 156-7 Nuweiba 481-3 Abu Sir 196-9, 199 history 369-70 accommodation 309-12 Ras Mohammed National Park cinemas 171-3 Sinai 475 Abydos 233-4, 233 internet access 371 activities 308-9 461-2 Coptic Cairo 123-5 camping 500 accommodation 19, 158, 500-2, see itineraries 24, 28, 371 attractions 301-8 Bedouin people 65 cultural centres 112-13 Canyon, the 445, 475 also individual locations medical services 371-2 Central Aswan 301-5, 304 Mediterranean Coast 400, 405 dangers 115-16 car travel 529-32, 531 language 543-4 shopping 392-3 East Bank 301-5 Sinai 455, 467, 480, 495, 498 Doqqi 142, 166-7, 148 Carter, Howard 258, 261, 263 activities 502-3, see also individual tourist information 373 emergency services 300 Western Desert 339, 343, 360-1 Downtown 156, 158-60, 162-4, cartouches 59, 59 activities travel to/from 393-4 entertainment 313 beer 95 168 Catacombs of Kom Ash-Shuqqafa Adawiyya, Ahmed 74 travel within 394 food 312-13 Beit al-Harrawi 133 drinking 168-71 377-8, 378 Ad-Dahar 425-7, 429, 426 Al-Faraun 205 internet access 300-1 Beit al-Wali 322 emergency services 113 cell phones 516 Aghurmi 359 Al-Fayoum Oasis 207-12 itineraries 22 Beit el-Suhaymi 131-2 entertainment 171-4 cemeteries Agiba Beach 403 Al-Kab 292-3 medical services 301 Beit Zeinab al-Khatoun 133 festivals 157, 508-10 Commonwealth War Cemetery. 399 Ahmose 226, 240 Al-Kharga 330-5, 332 River 305-7 Bells, the 446 food 162-8 Fatimid Cemetery 303 ahwas 97, 169-70 Al-Kharga Oasis 330-6, 331 shopping 313-14 belly dancing 74-5, 76 Garden City 121-3, 155-6, 160, Giza Plateau 151 Ain al-Furtega 481 Al-Qasr 342 swimming 309 Cairo 173-4 164-5 Greek Orthodox cemetery 125 Ain Della 346-7 Al-Quseir 432-3, 432 tourist information 301 courses 154, 505 Gezira 141-2, 166, 148 Northern Cemetery 138-40, 139 Ain Musa 458-9 Al-Qusiya 227-8 tours 309 Ben Ezra Synagogue 125 Giza 161-2, 167, 148, 150 Chahine, Yousef 72 Ain Nagila 493 Al-Tor 459 travel to/from 314 Beni Hasan 223-4 Giza Plateau 143-51, 150, 11 children, travel with 503-4 Ain Qurayshat 361 Alternatives, the 447 travel within 314-15 Beni Suef 219 Harraniyya 151-2, 161-2 Cairo 156-7 Ain Safi 361 Amada 323 West Bank 307-9 Benia 269 Heliopolis 152, 167, 153 food 98-9 air pollution 105 Amenemhat 223 Aswan Botanical Gardens 307 Berenice 437 history 108 health 504, 540 air travel Amenhotep I 47, 190 315 Bes 52, 52 internet access 113 language 548 to/from Egypt 521-4 Amenhotep II 263-4 al-Aswany, Alaa 71 381-2 125-40, 155, 160, Christie, Agatha 71 within Egypt 528 Amenhotep III 47, 240, 250-2 Asyut 228-30, 229 bicycle travel, see cycling 165, 129, 131, 133, 135, churches airline offices 522 Amphoras 446 Asyut barrage 229 Big Brother 449 137, 139 Church of St Barbara 125 Akhenaten 48, 189, 227, 240 Amun 52, 52 Aten 52, 52 Bilad ar-Rum 360 itineraries 22-4, 109 Church of St George (Al-Qusiya) Akhethotep 203-4 Amunherkhepshef 273-4 ATMs 513 birds 103 Kerdassa 152 228 Akhmin 232 animals 103 Atum 52 bird-watching 502 libraries 112-13 Church of St George (Cairo) 124-5 Al-Araba al-Madfuna 232 animal 194 Ay 266-7 Birqash Camel Market 212-13 markets 177 Church of St Sergius 125 Al-Arish 496-9, 497 Ankhmahor 205 Az-Zeitun 361 Black Desert 348 medical services 113-14 Church of St Simeon the Al-Azhar Mosque 127, 10 Anubis 52, 52 Black Saturday 41 metro 182, 184, 182 Tanner 141 Al-Azhar park 140 Apophis 52 B Blue Hole 446, 475 Mohandiseen 142, 166-7, 144-5 Church of the Transfiguration Al-Balyana 232-5 Arabic alphabet 542, see also Bab ad-Dunya 493 Blue Valley 494 123-5, 124 491-2 Alexander the Great 34, 48, 356 language 134 boat travel, see also cruises shopping 174-8 Hanging Church 124 Alexandria 369-94, 372-3 archaeology el-Babli, Soheir 75 to/from Egypt 525-7 swimming 155 cinema 72-3 accommodation 385-7 nautical 376 Bahariya Oasis 348-55, 349 within Egypt 529 tourist information 114 Citadel, the 135-7, 135 activities 385 recent excavations 206, 263 Bakr, Salwa 70 books 19, 20, 70-2 tours 157 Cleopatra 48, 270 Ancient Alexandria 375-8 architecture 76 baksheesh 63 diving 440 travel to/from 178-80, 180 Cleopatra’s Beach 403 area codes 515 Balat 341-2 health 536 travel within 180-4 climate 17-18, 504-5 000 Map pages art ballooning 276, 503 border crossings 524-5 walking tours 155-6 coffee 95 000 Photograph pages Coptic Christian 421 Banana Island 230 Bubastis 215 140-1, 160, 165-8, coffeehouses, see ahwas Pharaonic Egypt 55-8 Baqet 223 building development 105-6 168-9, 144-5 257 INDEX Dahab 472-9, Dahab Daedalus 449-50 D cruises 78-92, credit cards513 courses 505 costs 18-19 71 Cossery, Albert 67 Coptic Christianity Convent oftheHolyVirgin230 125 Convent ofStGeorge consulates 507-8 Constantine, Emperor34,36 Constantine Cavafy379-80 Complex ofSultanAshrafBarsbey139 comedy 63 Coloured Canyon475 558 De Lesseps’ House412-13 Darb al-Arba’een, Daraw 299 dangers 506-7 dance 74-5,76 Oasis336-43, Dakhla 206-7 Dahshur 79-80,87-9, dahabiyyas Cyprus, travelto/from525 cycling 502,528-9 customs regulations 505 culture 63-76 Crystal Mountain347 000 000 diving 453 belly dancing154 history 34-7 421 art Luxor 242 473-4 Dahab Cairo 115-16 travel within479 travel to/from479 474-5 snorkelling 473 medical services internet access473 food 478 478-9 entertainment 473 emergency services diving 445,451-2,474-5 dangers 473 474-6 activities accommodation 476-8 87

Photograph pages pages Map , 88 Index (C-G) , 89 , 474 81 91 , , see 77 , 92 10 DaysRd Forty , 337 79 79 , , 80 87 , , 84 88 , , 86 89 , Durrell, Lawrence 71,381 Dunraven 447 licences531 driving driving, 95-6 drinks 276 rides donkey 191 Djedptahiufankh diving 439-53,502, 537 diphtheria Diocletian, Emperor34 Diab, Amr74 Dhutmosi 271 emergencies, embassies 507-8 Elphinstone 449 Island305-6 501 electricity El Alamein398-400 El-Agouz 354 185-94, Egyptian 445 Eel Garden Edfu 293-6, economy 63,64 435-7 Eastern Desert E Dendara 235-8, 213-14 Deir el-Sourian Deir el-Baramouse214 Deir AnbaBishoi213 227-8, Deir al-Muharraq 273 Deir al-Medina Deir al-Haggar343 267-8 Deir al-Bahri 214 Deir AbuMakar deep veinthrombosis536 water 96,540 South Coast448-9 sites 445-50 446,452, 465 Sharm el-Sheikh safety 444 453 safaris MohammedNationalParkRas 447 Nuweiba 445,451,481 Na’ama Bay446,452,465 441 medical services Alam453 Marsa 27 itineraries internet resources 440-1 Hurghada 424,447,452 445,451-2,474-5 Dahab courses 453,505 clubs 451 books 440 language 545 see cartravel 294 see also inside front cover 237 442-3 9 , 187 7 Esna 291-2, environmental issues105-6 exchange rates, 508-10 events Europe travelto/from525 films 19-21 Fiasco 465 Reef festivals 508-10 feluccas 85-7, Fathy, Hassan76 Farsh Asara493 Farsh Arnab493 Farafra Oasis343-6, F Gebel at-TeirGebel 219-20 359-60 al-Mawta Gebel al-Ingleez354 Gebel 493 AbuGasba Gebel AbbasBasha493 Gebel 52 Geb gay travellers365,510 493 al-Azraq Galt el-Bint445 Gabr G 42 Free Officers DaysRd300,333 Forty ofSaladin496 Fortress Qaitbey381 Fort ofQaitbey398 Fort food 93-101,510 Gustave74 Flaubert, fishing 503 Fishawi’s Coffeehouse 129 Sinai 458 425 Sea Red alternative energy104 Cairo InternationalFilm Festival Siwa Oasis361-2 Luxor 25 food 96 Cairo 157 Luxor 276 Cairo 154-5 Aswan 308-9 vegetarian travellers98 vegetarian street food97-8 language 99-101 history 49 glossary 100-1 festivals 96 customs 99 children, eatingoutwith98-9 510 293 84 see inside front cover front see inside , , 82 86 344 Great Sand Sea 367 Great SandSea 446 Gordon Reef golf 155 gods &goddesses51-3, Giza Plateau143-51, Islands448 Giftun Sultan38 al-Ghouri, geography 102 Silsila296-7 Gebel 495 Serbal Gebel 354 Mandisha Gebel 494 Katarina Gebel Dist354 Gebel Horemheb 48,205,263 holidays 17-18, 510-11 HIV 537 hitching 532 history 29-45 493 hiking Dam317 High hieroglyphs 59-60, Hewison, Neil128 Hermopolis 224, hepatitis 537 henna tattoos306 Henettawy 191 308 Hekaib heat exhaustion539 health 535-40 Hatshepsut 47,248,267-8,270 Hathor 52, Harraniyya 151-2 308 Harkhuf Hapy 52, Hammam Fara’un 459 Hamada 449 74 Hakim 172 Habeeb, Ramy H work 50 women 49 50 scribes Pharaonic Egypt46-62 51 perfumes Nile Valley 78-81,218-19 health 55 food 49 clothing 51 books 29,30,34,35,39,41,42 50 agriculture vaccinations 535 langugage 545 internet resources 536 children’s 504,540 52 52 226 59 105 52-4 , 11 Ismailia 412-14 40 Ismail, Khedive Islands, the445 Islamist movement43-5 Islamic holidays510,511 Hurghada 422-32, Horus 52, 503 horse riding Islamic Cairo125-40,155,160,165, Islam 66-7 Isis 52, Isadora 225 Ipy 273 internet resources 20,21 internet access511-12 international transfers 513 insurance bites 539 insect 273 Inherka independence 41-5 immigration 521 70 Sonallah Ibrahim, ibn al-As,Amr36 I Huya 225-6 Sharm el-Sheikh 466 Sharm el-Sheikh Luxor 276 Giza Plateau147 476 Dahab 129 health 536 environment 103,105 diving 440-1 travel 511 health 535 travel within431 travel to/from430-1 tours 424 information423 tourist Sigala 427,429 shopping 430 427-9 Strip Resort 422 medical services 23 itineraries internet access422 food 429 429-30 entertainment 422 emergency services diving 424,447,452 beaches 424 424 attractions 425-7,429 Ad-Dahar 424 activities accommodation 424-9 , 53 131 53 , 133 , 423 135 , 137 , 139 itineraries 22-8 itineraries Israel &thePalestinian Territories 42-3 Khan al-Khalili 128-30, al-Khalili Khan 71,183 Khaled al-Khamisi, 47 Khafre 274 Khaemwaset 269-70,270 Khaemhet 152 Kerdassa 243 209-10 Karanis 322 Kalabsha K Justinian, Emperor36 juices 96 Judaism 68-9 Jordan, travelto/from525, jet lag536-7 475,481-3 jeep safaris 446 Jackson Reef J Kom Ombo 297-9, Kom ash-Shuqqafa377-8 Kom al-Ahma293 Kolthum, Umm73 FuadKing 41 FaroukKing 42 47 Khufu 269 Khonsu 52 Khons 224 Khnumhotep 52 Khnum 223 Kheti 52, Khepri 360 Kharmisah Koti 305 Western Desert 28 Western Desert Monastery25 St Katherine’s Sinai 23,25 Saqqara 27 28 Monasteries Sea Red Petra 24 81-5 Nile River Mt Sinai23,28 Luxor 22,28 Hurghada 23 Aswan 22 28 itineraries Cairo 109 Ancient Egypt27,28 24,28,371 Alexandria Abu Simbel22 travel to/from524-5,525-6 526 53 Index (G-K) 297 , 129 82 , 11

559 INDEX INDEX Luxor 239-88, Little Brother449 maps 512 Olivia72 Manning, 37-8,39-40 Mamluks 224 Mallawi 537-8 malaria 227 Mahu Naguib69 Mahfouz, 191 Maatkare 52 Maat M 249-52, Luxor 252-3 Museum literature 69-72, Lillian TrasherOrphanage229-30 Libya, travelto/from525 383 Library ofAlexandria lesbian travellers510 legal matters512 language 541-8 Qarun211 Lake Nasser84-5,321-2, Lake L 560 000 000 West Bank254-76,278-9,280-1, tour250-2 walking travel within288 travel to/from287-8 tours 276-7 information242 tourist shopping 286-7 242 medical services 22,27,28 itineraries internet access241-2 history 240-1 food 283-5 286 entertainment 241 emergency services East Bank242-54,277-8,279-80, 285-6 drinking cruises 82-3 242-54 attractions 276 activities accommodation 277-83 food 99-101 courses 505 Arabic alphabet542

Photograph pages pages Map 282, 284-5,286, 286 281-2, 283-4,285,285-6, Index (L-M) 241 see also 251 255 books 319 Marsa Matruh 401-5, Matruh Marsa Alam433-5,453 Marsa markets life 441-4 marine 360 Maraqi Mediterranean Coast398-406, Mediterranean Medinat Habu274-5, Medinat al-FayoumMedinat 207-9, 537, medical services measures 501 481 Malkha Mayat el-Wishwashi481 Mayat mausoleums mastaba monasteries Mohammed Ali39-40 mobile phones516 228 Mir 221-3, Minya microbus travel532,533 conversions, metric II226 Meryre I226 Meryre 257,261 Merneptah 270 Merneith 205 Mereruka 190 Merenptah 269 Menna 47 Menkaure 196 Memphis 307 Mekhu Khan al-Khalili 128-30, al-Khalili Khan 299 Daraw camelmarket 134 carpet &clothesmarket Cairo 177 212-13 Birqash camelmarket Bedouin 498 384 Alexandria Mausoleum of Al-Ghouri 133-4 ofAl-Ghouri Mausoleum ofQalaun &Mausoleum Madrassa ofBarquq &Mausoleum Madrassa of &Mausoleum Madrassa ofFarag ibn Khanqah-Mausoleum ofSultan &Mausoleum Khanqah 307 Aga Khan Monastery of StPaul 420 Monastery of StAnthony418-19 227-8 Deir al-Muharraq 124-5 Church ofStGeorge 333 Al-Kashef 132 132 An-Nasir Mohammed132 Barquq 140 130 Beybars al-Gashankir s, see tombs 221 see inside front cover front see inside 402 see also 274 , , 129 208 83 404 health 399 , 11 moulid motorcycle travel529-32 motion sickness536-7 mosques Montuhotep II47,188,240 265 Montuhirkhopshef 436 Mons Porphyrites Mons Claudianus436 moneychangers 513-14 money 18-19,512-14, mummies 54-5,266 Hosni43-5 Mubarak, Mt Sinai23,28,492-3, Terbana Mosque379 Shorbagi Mosque379 Nasr ad-Din342 ofSultan Mosque-Madrassa ofAl-Ghouri Mosque-Madrassa 131 Mosque ofSuleimanSilahdar Mosque ofSuleimanPasha 136 Mosque ofSayyidnaal-Hussein127 Mosque ofQijmasal-Ishaqi135 Mosque ofQaitbey139 Mosque ofMohammedAli136 Mosque ofIbnTulun 138 ad-Din130 Mosque ofGamal 137 Mosque ofAr-Rifai Mosque ofAn-Nasir Mosque ofAmribnal-As125 134 Mosque ofAl-Mu’ayyad 135 Mosque ofAl-Maridani 130 Mosque ofAl-Hakim Mosque ofAl-Aqmar132 Mosque ofAbuAbbasal-Mursi Blue Mosque135 An-Nabi Daniel375 Mosque 127, Al-Azhar Abu al-Haggag250 379 Abbas al-Mursi planning 507 front cover White Monastery231 St Simeon307 Monastery490-2 St Katherine’s 203 St Jeremiah Monastery231-2 Red 253-4 Museum Mummification mummification process253 Luxor 252,266 Museum 190-1,193,194 Oasis348 Bahariya s 509, Hassan 137 133-4 Mohammed 136 379 see also festivals see also inside 7 10 N Mut (town)336-40, Mut (god)52 Mut 44-5 Brotherhood Muslim music 73-4,75 Naqb as-Sillim 347 Naqb al-Faria 494 Napoleon 38-9,240 269 Nakht Nabq 472 Na’ama Bay462-72, War Museum 399-400 War Museum 122-3 Umm KolthumMuseum 383 Museum Royal Jewellery 401 Rommel’s Museum 136 Police Museum 351 Museum Oasis Heritage 302-3 Nubia Museum 136 Museum National Military ofModernEgyptian Museum ofIslamicCeramics140 Museum 134 ofIslamicArt Museum 137-8 Mevlevi Museo 253-4 Museum Mummification Khalil Mr &Mahmoud 382 Museum Manuscript PalaceManial 121-2 Museum 384 SaidMuseum Mahmoud 142 Museum Mukhtar Mahmoud Luxor 252-3 Museum 412 Ismailia Museum 358 House ofSiwaMuseum 375-6 Museum Graeco-Roman 138 Museum Gayer-Anderson 337 Ethnographic Museum Egyptian Textile 132 Museum Egyptian NationalRailways 185-94 Egyptian Museum 123-4 380 Cavafy Museum 136 Museum Carriage 396 Museum Beit Killi 350 Bahariya 305 382 Antiquities Museum of Museum Al-Kharga 376-7 NationalMuseum Alexandria 142-3 Museum Agricultural diving 446,452,465 Art 141 Art 143 Museum 121 Museum Antiquities 331 338 463 , 466 Nile River 318 Nile River Nile Delta214-16 Nile Barrages214-15 newspapers 65,501 New Gurna275 191 Nesikhonsu 52 Nekhbet 48,270 Nefertiti 273 Nefertari 271 Nefersekheru Neferronpet 271 198 Neferirkare necropolises national parks103-5 Abdel Nasser, ColonelGamal Narmer Palette 47,186 Narmer 47 Nuweiba 479-85, Nut 52, 494 Nugra Waterfall Nubian people305,319,320 302-3 Nubia Museum Nubia 318-21, Nyuserra 198 Northern Cemetery138-40, Northern Nilometers 123,306 Nile Valley 217-38,239-88,289-326, cruises 78-92, Tell al-Amarna225 Qila al-Dabba342 Cemetery138-40 Northern Necropolis ofAnfushi379 383 Kamal Mustafa Dra Abu’lNaga269 Chatby 382-3 Al-Bagawat 332-3 497 Protectorate Zerenike 490-5 Protectorate St Katherine Ras MohammedNationalParkRas 479 Protectorate AbuGallum Ras 42-3 villages 305 music 321 culture 320-1 travel within 485 travel to/from484-5 food 484 diving 445,451,481 accommodation 483-4 history 78-81,218-19 81 81-85 itineraries history 29-31 , 460-2, 86 218 53 , 87 , 461 88 319 , 482 81 89 , , 77 91 , , 79 92 139 , 80 , 84 , Osiris 52,235, Osiris Osireion, the234 WarPanoramaOctober 152 Ottoman-era 38-9,65 Ottoman-era planning 17-21, pick-up trucktravel532,533 phone cards516 316-17, Pharos 382 Pharaonic Egypt46-62 Pharaoh’s Island486-8 pharaohs 32-3,46-8 Petra 24,486-7, Petosiris 225 Peters, Elizabeth72 Peshedu 273 Pepi II47,205 Pentu 226 521 passports Panehsy 226 palaces painting 75-6 P oases 330 O poliomyelitis 538 police convoys 287,291,314,432 plants 103 architecture 133,137,342,395-6 architecture Siwa Oasis355-67, Qara Oasis367 Farafra Oasis343-6, Oasis336, Dakhla Oasis348-55, Bahariya tomb construction 53-4 tomb construction 53 temple architecture mummies 54-5 hieroglyphs 59-60, gods &goddesses51-3, glossary 60-2 55-8 art female pharaohs270 Uruba Palace 152 at-TinRas 379 Qasr Beshtak132 Palace 384 Montazah Monastirli Palace 122-3 PalaceGawhara 136 &Museum Baron’s Palace 152 Amir Taz Palace 137 Alexan Palace 229 Abdeen Palace 117 Oasis330-6, Al-Kharga Al-Fayoum 207-12 Index (M-P) 53 316 see also 11 337 59 357 344 itineraries 331 349 , 52-4 6

561 INDEX INDEX Qena 235-8, Qasr Qarun211 323 Qasr Ibrim Qasr az-Zayyan336 Qasr al-Ghueita335-6 Qasr al-Farafra 344-6, Qasr ad-Dush336 Qarat QasrSalim350-1 354 Qarat al-Hilwa Qara Oasis367 Qalaat Al-Gindi&Nakhl Qaitbey, Sultan37-8 Q Pyramids ofGiza143-51, pyramids Ptolemy I48 203-4 Ptahhotep 52 Ptah Psusennes I193 514-15 postal services TawfiqPort 414-16, Said408-12, Port FuadPort 411, population 16,64-5 155 pool &snooker Pompey’s Pillar 377 562 000 000 Sphinx, the150 sound &lightshow151 150 Menkaure 147-9 Khufu 149 Khafre 147 camel &horserides 11 496 202 Userkaf Unas 202-3 Teti 204-5 203 Sekhemket Saqqara 201, 198 Sahure 207 Red 199 Raneferef Nyuserra 198 198 Neferirkare 210 Meidum Hawara 210 Black 207 Bent 206-7 210 Al-Lahun Abu Sir196-9

Photograph pages pages Map Index (P-S) 236 409 6 409 415 345 150 , R Rosetta 395-8, Rommel’s Beach403 Rommel 41 Roman Amphitheatre 377 Roden, Claudia93 Rocky Island450 341 rock carvings 298 rock art 531 road distanceschart Valley FeverRift 538 responsible travel18,102,450 religious festivals 508-10 religion 63,66-9 270-1 Rekhmire Ramesseum, the271-3, Ramesseum, 96 Ramadan 499 Rafah radio 501 rabies 538 52, Ra Sadat, Anwar 43 Sabni 307 Sabil-Kuttab ofAbdelRahman al-Saadawi, Nawal70 S Rosetta Stone397 Coast27,417-38, Sea Red 465 UmSidReef Ras UmSid446-7 Ras Sudr459 Ras Shetan445 Ras MohammedNationalParkRas 460-2, Protectorate AbuGallum Ras AbuAlda493 Ras IX259-61 Ramses VII259 Ramses VI262 Ramses V191 Ramses IV191,259 Ramses III48,191,262-3 Ramses II48,189,190,234,240, Ramses I265 Ramses 269-70 Ramose St Katherine’s Protectorate 493 Protectorate St Katherine’s Sinai 458 425 Sea Red diving 439-53, 132 Katkhuda itineraries 27 itineraries diving 447 461 479 261 54 396 442-3 272 , 7 418 , 8 Sharm el-Sheikh 462-72, Sharm el-Sheikh Shark’s Bay465 447 Shark Observatory 447 Shark &JolandeReefs Shalatein 438 shaabi Sha’ab Sharm449 Sha’ab Samadai449 Sha’ab al-Erg447 448 Sha’ab AbuRamada Sha’ab AbuNuhas447 II265 Seti I48,190, 233-4,257-8,265 Seti 264-5 Sethnakht 53 Seth III47 Sesostris taxitravel533 service 375 Serapis the 204,377 Serapeum, II190 Seqenenre Sennofer 270-1 273 Sennedjem 53, Sekhmet 203 Sekhemket Island315 Seheyl 506 security schistosomiasis 538 scams 506 Saudi Arabia,travelto/from526 Sataya 449 Sarenput II308 Sarenput I308 Saqqara 27,200-6,201, sandboarding 503 sand dunes341,347 sand baths363 Sallum 405-6 as-Salih, Sultan37 ad-Din,37 Salah St Paul 420 Monastery25,490-2, St Katherine’s 490-5 Protectorate St Katherine St Anthony418-19 198 Sahure safaris 491 527 overland safaris 475,481-3 jeep safaris 453 dive safaris 329-30,502 safaris desert entertainment 470-1 entertainment 464 emergency services diving 446,452,465-6 465-6 activities accommodation 467-9 74 54 199 463 , 464 Sohag 230-2, Sobeknefru 270 Sobek 53, 439-53,502 snorkelling Sigala 422,427,429, Sidi Barani405 400 Sidi AbdelRahman shopping 515, Shiatta 360 Awad494 Sheikh sheesha solo travellers 515 149 Solar Barque Museum snooker, Sneferu 47 bites539-40 snake Siwa Oasis355-67, 264 Siptah Siou 305 the445 Sinker, Sinai 454-99, 495 ar-Reshshah Sikket Sinai 465 Hurghada 424 474-5 Dahab language 546 travel within471-2 travel to/from471 tours 466-7 464 medical services internet access464 food 469-70 travel within366-7 travel to/from366 tours 361 information358 tourist Siwa 358-9,362-3, Sidi Jaafar363 shopping 365-6 357 medical services internet access357 history 356-7 Dakrur 363-4 Gebel food 364-5 festivals 361-2 365 drinking 358-61 attractions accommodation 362-4 travel within457-8 travel to/from457 23,25 itineraries history 455,460 dangers 457 climate 455-7 Bedouin people480 97 see 54 pool & snooker & pool 456 231 see also 358 428 markets 358 ,

6 souqs, Soueif, Ahdaf70 Suez 414-16, Sudan, travelto/from526 street food97-8 Stingray Station447 springs 65 sports 508-10 events sporting Sphinx, the150-1, swimming, Suez CanalHouse409 temples 53 Temple 465 Reef Tell Al-Amarna225-7, 515-16 telephone services tea 95 taxi travel532-3 taxes 514 Tawosret 264-5 Taweret 53,54 Tanta 216 Tanis 215-16 48 Taharka Taba Heights485 Taba 488-90 T Suez Canal407-16, Southern UpperEgypt291-9, Mut TalataMut 340 459 Hammam Musa 397 Hammam Azouz Fatnas 360 Spring El-Beshmo 351 Cleopatra’s Bath360 360 Bir Wahed 351 Bir al-Ramla 351 Bir al-Mattar Bir al-Ghaba351 340 Bir al-Gedid 340-1 Bir al-Gebel 351 Ain Segam Ain Gomma354 Abu Shuruf361 women travellers519 Luxor 276 health 538 Cairo 155 Aswan 309 history 40,42 Alexander 353-4 354 Ain al-Muftella Abu Simbel324-5 Abu Ghorab199 see markets see also 415 beaches 11 408 226 ,

409 292 tombs 260-1,267 toilets 516 Titi 274 tipping 63,514 time 516 Ti 204 Thuyu 193 Thoth 53, Thistlegorm Theodosius, Emperor35-6 506-7 theft Teti 204-5 Amunherkhepshef 273-4 Amunherkhepshef Amenhotep II263-4 Amenemhat 223 Al-Faraun 205 203-4 Akhethotep 227 Akhenaten Ahmose 226,293 Wadi as-Subua322 Tuthmosis III248 Temple oftheOracle359 II246 Seti I233-4,257-8 Seti III246,274-5 Ramses Luxor Temple 249-52, Kom Ombo297-8, 249 Khonsu 291-2,306, Khnum 322 Kertassi 243 Karnak 322 Kalabsha Isis 316-17 Horus 294-5 331-2 Hibis Ear248 Hearing Amun Temple Enclosure 243-8, Amun 275 Amada 323 Ramses II (Ramesseum) 271-3, II(Ramesseum) Ramses II234,322,324-5, Ramses 248 Ptah Pennut 323 249 Mut Montu Temple Enclosure 249 257 Merneptah 323 Maharraqa Hatshepsut 267-8, Hathor 235,325 Derr 323 322 Dakka Beit al-Wali322 An-Nadura 332 272 246-7 54 , , the448 8 Index (S-T) 297 268 82 251 , , 82 5

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12 INDEX INDEX tombs 564 000 000 Ramses I265 Ramses 269-70 Ramose 203-4 Ptahhotep Petosiris 225 Peshedu 273 Persian 203 Pepi II205 Pentu 226 Pasha 342 Hindi Panehsy 226 Pabasa 269 Nobles (Luxor) 269 Nobles (Aswan)307-8 273 Nefertari 271 Nefersekheru Neferronpet 271 269 Nakht 265 Montuhirkhopshef 228 Mir II226 Meryre I226 Meryre 261 Merneptah 205 Mereruka 269 Menna 307 Mekhu 227 Mahu 342 Kitines 269 Khonsu 224 Khnumhotep 223 Kheti 269 Kheruef 151 Khentkawes 274 Khaemwaset 270 Khaemhet Isadora 225 Ipy 273 273 Inherka Huya 225-6 Horemheb 205,263 308 Hekaib 308 Harkhuf Frazer 220 Dhutmosi 271 of53-4 construction Benia 269 Baqet 223 Bannentiu 350-1 Ay 227,266-7 Assasif 268-9 205 Ankhmahor

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Tutankhamun 48,261-2 Turtle Bay446 Tuna 224, al-Gebel tuberculosis 538 truffles 401 493 trekking travellers withdisabilities517 travellers cheques514 539 traveller’s diarrhoea travel withinEgypt528-34 travel to/fromEgypt521-7 travel permits518 521-34 transport tram travel533 train travel533-4 Tower, the446 tours 527, information516-17 tourist language 547-8 Siwa Oasis361 Sinai 466,494 Luxor 276-7 Hurghada 424 Cairo 157 352 Bahariya Aswan 309 350 Zed-Amun-ef-ankh 269,270 Userhet Tuthmosis IV265-6 Tuthmosis III264 Tutankhamun 261-2 Titi 274 Ti 204 Tawosret 264-5 264 Siptah Si Amun359 Shuroy 269 Nasrad-Din342 Sheikh II265 Seti I265 Seti 264-5 Sethnakht Sennofer 270-1 273 Sennedjem Sarenput II308 Sarenput I308 Saite 203 Sabni 307 Roy 269 271 Rekhmire IX259-61 Ramses VII259 Ramses VI262 Ramses IV259 Ramses III262-3 Ramses II261 Ramses see also safaris, cruises safaris, 226 typhoid 538 Twin Peaks 347 65-6,501 TV Tuthmosis IV190,265-6 Tuthmosis III47,264 Tuthmosis II190 191-3 Tutankhamun Galleries websites, weather 17-18,504-5 watersports water 96,540 tours walking Wadi Zuweitin493 Wadi Tubug 493 436 Wadi Sikait Wadi Shagg493 211-12 Wadi Rayyan Wadi Nugra494 Wadi Natrun213-14 436 Wadi Miya Wadi Hammamat436 Wadi Gimal436 Wadi Gibal493 Wadi Feiran 495-6 Wadi as-Subua322-3 212 Wadi al-Hittan W Valley 258-67, oftheKings vaccinations 535 vacations 510-11 V 202 Userkaf 269,269-70,270 Userhet Unas 202-3 Umm Qamar448 U Western Desert 327-67, Western Desert Wells, William154 weights 501 263 Weeks, Kent visas 517, Veiled 40-1 Protectorate travellers98 vegetarian Valley oftheQueens273-5 Sharm el-Sheikh 466 Sharm el-Sheikh 475 Dahab Luxor 250-2 Cairo 155-6 safaris 329-30 safaris 26,28 itineraries history 328 climate 329 see see also internet resources internet passports 328 259 ,

5 women inEgypt49,69 wine 95 503 windsurfing wildlife 102-3 134 ofAl-Ghouri Wikala 347-8 White Desert the above - ‘Do the right thingwithourcontent.’ the above -‘Dotheright theterms and conditionsonoursiteforalonger wayofsaying youknow,orresell it.See everyone site,mass emailitto only. Inotherwords, pleasedon’tuploadthischapterto apeer-to-peer Inreturn, wethinkit’sfair toaskyouuseitforpersonal,non-commercial purposes restricted. © LonelyPlanetPublications. iteasier foryoutouse,accessthischapterisnotdigitally Tomake female pharaohs270 life 441-4 marine WWII 41,43 WWI 41 work 519-20 women travellers360,518-19 yellow fever 538 Y health 540 Zoser 47,201-2 497 Protectorate Zerenike Zaghloul, Saad41 Zagazig 215 Zabargad Island450 Z Funerary Complex201-2, 201 © LonelyPlanetPublications Index (W-Z)

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