560 INDEX a Ababda People 438 Aboukir 393 Abu

A eastern suburbs 380-2 nautical archaeology 376 Ababda people 438 entertainment 390 recent finds 204, 261, 297, 376, Aboukir 393 food 386-8 399 Abu 304-5 history 369-70 architecture 76 Abu Ghorab 197-200 internet access 371 books 129 Abu Simbel 323-5, 12 itineraries 23, 29, 371, 388, 23, 29 Ottoman architecture 134-5, Abu Sir 194-8, 197 markets 382-3 341-2, 394-5, 434 Abydos 233-5, 233 medical services 372 tombs 54-5, 259 accommodation 21, 504-6, see shopping 390-1 art, see also art galleries, arts also individual destinations tourist information 373-4 Coptic Christianity 420 language 543 tours 383 festivals 512, 513 activities 506-7, see also individual travel to/from 391-2 hieroglyphs 60-1 activities travel within 392-3 Pharaonic Egypt 56-9, 200, 208 Ad-Dahar 426-8, 430, 427 Alexandria National Museum 375-6 rock carvings 340, 438, 464 Aghurmi 358 Al-Faraun 203 art galleries, see also museums Agilkia Island 315-16, 316 Al-Fayoum Oasis 205-11 Cairo Atelier 155 ahwas 81 Al-Gedida 342 Contemporary Image Collective Alexandria 388-9 al-Ghitani, Gamal 72 155 Cairo 170 al-Ghouri, Sultan 39 Coptic Museum 126 Ain al-Furtega 487 Al-Kab 292-3 Gezira Art Centre 142 Ain Della 346 al-Khamissi, Khalid 73 Hanager Arts Centre 143 Ain Musa 462-3 Al-Kharga 329-34, 332 Karim Francis Art Gallery 155 INDEX Ain Safi 359 Al-Kharga Oasis 329-35, 330 Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum 143 Ain Umm el-Dabadib 335 Al-Qasr 341-2 Mahmoud Said Museum 381 air travel Al-Quseir 433-5, 452, 456, 434 Mashrabia Gallery of Contempo- to/from Egypt 524-5 Al-Qusiya 227-8 rary Art 155 within Egypt 528-9, 529 al-Saadawi, Nawal 71 Mr & Mrs Mahmoud Khalil Akhenaten 48-9, 227 Alternatives, the (dive site) Museum 144 Akhmim 232 449-50 Museum of Modern Egyptian Art Al-Araba al-Madfuna 233 Al-Tor 463-4 142-3 Al-Arish 500-3, 501 Amada 322 Palace of Arts 143 al-As, Amir ibn 37 Amenhotep I 48, 188 Townhouse Gallery of Contempo- al-Aswany, Alaa 72 Amenhotep II 263-4 rary Art 155-6 Al-Azhar Mosque 129-30, 10 Amenhotep III 48, 60 Wissa Wassef Art Centre 153 Al-Azhar Park 141-2 Amenhotep IV, see Akhenaten Zamalek Art Gallery 156 Al-Balyana 233-5 Amphoras 449 arts 71-8, see also art, art galleries, Alexander the Great 33, 49, 369 Amun 53, 53 individual arts Alexandria 369-93, 372-3, 374-5 Amun Temple Enclosure 246-50, as-Salih, Sultan 38 accommodation 383-6 248-9 Aswan 299-314, 300, 9, 96, 100 ahwas 388-9 amusement parks 158 accommodation 309-12 ancient Alexandria 374-8 animals 89, 443-6 see also activities 308-9 attractions 374-83 birdwatching, camel rides attractions 302-8 bookshops 370-1 mummies 192 boat travel 99, 101-2, 106-8, Central Alexandria 378-9, 374-5 Anubis 53, 53 308-9 cultural centres 371 Apophis 53 emergency services 301 drinking 388-90 aquariums 158, 425 entertainment 313 Arabic 541-8, see also language food 312-13 000 Map pages archaeology, see also Pharaonic Egypt internet access 301 000 Photograph pages books 37, 46, 261 itineraries 24, 25, 29, 24, 25, 29 internet resources 115, 186 markets 302, 313

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, 0 120-1 2 135 / 25 179 , 155 2 120-1 152 0 / 126 1 150 150 146-7 132 111/02/2010 3:19:07 PM , 126 150 131 146-7 INDEX (A-C) 141 , 112-3 170 164-5, 169, 170, 171, 166, 170, 139 167-8, 176-7 146-7 169-70, 171-2, accommodation 159-64 accommodation activities 155-6 144, Agouza ahwas bookshops 111-14 central Cairo 119-25, Coptic Cairo 125-8, 114 cultural centres dangers 117-18, 156, 159 Doqqi 144, 168, Downtown 119-23, 157, 159-61, drinking 169-72 emergency services 114-15 entertainment 172-4 158-9 festivals food 164-9 Garden City 124, 157, 161-2, 166 Gezira 142-3, 171, Giza 163-4, 168-9, Giza Plateau 145-53, Harraniyya 153, 163-4, 168-9 Heliopolis 153-5, 169, history 110 internet access 115 115 internet resources Islamic Cairo 128-42, 157, 162, itineraries 25, 28, 111, libraries 114 markets 119, 130, 133, 135-6, medical services 115 metro 181 Mohandiseen 144, 168, 171-2, nightclubs 172 Old Cairo 125-8, Ramses Station 123-4, shopping 174-7 172-3 theatres tourist information 116 tours 158 travel to/from 177-9 travel within 179-82 walking tours 157 Zamalek 142, 162-3, 166-8, Cairo International Film Festival 513 Festival Cairo International Film Cairo Opera House 173 157-8 Theatre Cairo Puppet Cairo Tower 143 C Cairo 109, cruisers, individual 97 see also literature also

53 see dahabiyyas, feluccas, destinations Nile River 94-108, to/from Egypt 527 Aswan 308 books 506 89 internet resources Lake Nasser 321 Lake Qarun 209 Wadi Rayyan Protected 210 Area Zerenike Protectorate 502 archaeology 37, 46, 261 architecture 129 art 77 birdwatching 506 travel with 508 children, Coptic Christianity 33 diving 442 Egyptian Museum 185, 188 food 79, 83 history 30, 31, 32, 65 language 541 Nile River 96 Pharaonic Egypt 30, 31, 50, 59 pyramids 31 of the Kings 33 Valley 89 wildlife to/from Egypt 525-7 within Egypt 530-1, 532-3 Ben Ezra Synagogue 127-8 Ben Ezra 223-4 Beni Hasan Beni Suef 219 Bent Pyramid 205 Berbers 66 439-40 Berenice Bes 53, books, Besharin people 438 Bibliotheca Alexandrina 380-1 Big Brother (dive site) 453 Bilad ar-Rum 359 bilharzia 538 birdwatching 89, 506 Birqash camel market 211-12 Black Desert 346-7 Black Pyramid 205 Black Saturday 42 Blue Hole (dive site) 447 boat travel 529-30, border crossings 405, 525-7 botanical gardens (Aswan) 305 British Protectorate 41-2 Bubastis 214-15 business hours 507 bus travel 348 1 6 5

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351 229 d d see n i . see also 53 0 1 465 y g e handicrafts175, 176, 286, 502 Mediterranean coast 399, 405 Sinai 459, 483, 486, 502 villages 337-8, 354, 471 Cairo 173 courses 156 158, 512 festivals 286 Luxor Sinai 463, 502 Alexandria 383 Hurghada 425 Ismalia 412 Mediterranean coast 399-400, 401 Ras Mohammed National Park medical servicesmedical 301 313 shopping tourist 302 information tours 309 travel to/from 313-14 travel within 314 West Bank 305-8 - x e beer 81 Beit al-Harrawi 135 Beit el-Suhaymi 133 al-KhatounBeit Zeinab 134-5 Bells (dive site) 447 belly dancing 77-8 Bedouin people 66 Bakr, Salwa 71, 72 baksheesh 65 Balat 340-1 ballooning 275, 506 Banana Island 230 bargaining 518 Baris 334-5 Bashendi 341 Bastet 53 bathhouses, B Bab Zuweila 136 Bahariya Oasis 347-55, bathrooms 519 Bawiti 348-52, ATMs 516 ATMs Atum 53 Ay 266-7 Az-Zeitun 359 beaches, Aswan Botanical GardensAswan Botanical 305 Aswan Dam 314 Aswany, Alaa al- 72 Asyut 228-30, Aten 53, d n i - 0 330-index-egy10.indd 561 330-index-egy10.indd 562 0 - i INDEX n d cartouches 60-1, cartouches Howard258 Carter, car travel531-2 Canyon (divesite)447 Camp DavidAgreement 44 camel safaris camel rides camel markets 345 Cambyses, King Cairo Zoo158 562 Catacombs ofKomash-Shuqqafa Christie, Agatha 73 Christie, Christianity, children, travelwith507-8 Chephren, Cheops, Yousef74 Chahine, cemeteries cell phones519 Cecil Hotel378 Cavafy 379 e x 000 000 - Nuweiba 487 479 Dahab Siwa Oasis360 470 Sharm el-Sheikh Luxor 275-6 Giza Plateau145-9 Oasis339-40 Dakhla Shalatein 440 Daraw 299 Birqash 211-12 377-8, planetariums 381 planetariums language 548 health 508,540 food 84-5 circuses 158 Cairo 156-8 books 508 158,425 aquariums amusement parks158 222 Zawiyyet al-Mayyiteen WWII CommonwealthWar Cemetery140, Northern Necropolis ofAl-Bagawat331-2 cemetery127 Greek Orthodox Giza Plateau152 Fatimid Cemetery303 Commonwealth Warcemetery e g

Map pages Map Photograph pages y Cemetery (Sallum)405 (El Alamein)397 1 see INDEX (C-D) INDEX 0 . 377 see i Khufu n see d Khafre d

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60 5 6 2 141 cycling 506,529 customs regulations 509 culture 64-78 Crystal Mountain346 cruises, cruisers 105-8 credit cards516 courses 509 costs 18-19 68-9 Coptic Christianity convoys 287,314,530 Convent oftheHolyVirgin230 127 Convent ofStGeorge consulates 511 Constantine, Emperor37 conservation, 256-8 Colossi ofMemnon Coffin Texts 58 coffeehouses, climate change525 climate 18,508-9 Cleopatra VII49,269,399 City oftheDead, Citadel, the(Cairo)137-8, circuses 158 cinema 21-2,73-5 churches Pharaonic Egypt49-52 Nubian people320-1 internet resources 66,76 people438 Besharin Bedouin people486 Ababda people438 feluccas dahabiyyas, language 383,509 diving 456 belly dancing156 418-21 monasteries Sea Red history 33,36-8 books 33 420 art issues Cemetery Cairo InternationalFilm Festival Hanging Church126-7 Church oftheTransfiguration Church ofStSimeonthe 127 Church ofStSergius 227 Church ofStMichael 127,228 Church ofStGeorge Church ofStBarbara127 227 Church ofal-Azraq 513 496 Tanner 143 see boat travel, cruisers travel, boat see see environmental see

ahwas Northern Northern 137 Dahab 476-83, Dahab Daedalus (divesite)453 D dahabiyyas 95,103-5, dahabiyyas Deir al-Bahri 267-8, Deir al-Bahri Deir al-Adhra219-20 212-13 Deir AbuMakar decompression chambers Darb al-Arba’een, Daraw 299 diving 441-57,506-7, disabilities, travellerswith519-20 Dionysus 209 Diocletian, Emperor33 539 diarrhoea Diab, Amr76 Dendara 236-8, 212 Deir el-Sourian Deir el-Baramouse213 Deir AnbaBishoi212 227-8, Deir al-Muharraq 272 Deir al-Medina Deir al-Haggar342-3 dangers 509-10, dance 77-8, Oasis335-43, Dakhla 204-5 Dahshur travel within483 travel to/from483 food 482-3 483 drinking diving 447-8,455 dangers 478 478-80 activities accommodation 480-2 424, 443 Days Rd 510 theft 45,117,469,478, terrorism 206,220,287 security scams 159 mines 435 hitching 532 destinations live-aboards 456-7 live-aboards 28, itineraries internet resources 22,90,442-3 Hurghada 425-6,450-1,455-6 El-Gouna 450-1 447-8,455 Dahab courses 456 books 442 376 Alexandria 104 491, 510 , 105 see also 477 237 see alsoindividual 28 see , bellydancing

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0 2 / 11 2 , 0 / 5 1 , 99 152 111/02/2010 3:19:08 PM , 60 267 60 Halfaya Pass 226 237 Mt Sinai springs 155 walking tours see 53 see INDEX (D-H) see 53 see also Mt Sinai 497-8 Nabq Protectorate 476 Red Sea monasteries 421 temple 236, temple 267-8, sickness 446, 498 decompression diving 446 heat exhaustion 539 535, 536 internet resources language 545 vaccinations 536 Gebel Serbal 500 Gebel Silsila 296 geography 88 geology 88 Gharb Aswan 307 Ghitani, Gamal al- 72 Ghouri, Sultan al- 39 Giftun Islands 451 Giza Plateau 144-53, Hatshepsut 48, 269, High 316-18 Dam hiking, gods & goddesses 52-4 golf 156 Gordon Reef 448 Gota abu Ramada 451 Grand Egyptian Museum154 Sand SeaGreat 366-7 Groppi’s 169 H haggling 518 Hakim 76 405 Halfaya Pass Hamada 453 463 Hammam Fara’un hammams, Harraniyya 153, 163-4 Hathor 53, health 535-40 Heliopolis 169, Pass, Hell Fire Henettawy 189 henna tattoos 304, 308 Hermopolis 224, Hapy 31, 53, hieroglyphs 60-1, Gebel 362-3 Dakrur Gebel Dist 353-4 Gebel Foga 464 Gebel Gala Siwa 347 Gebel Katarina 498 Gebel Mandisha 353 Gebel Musa, 360 343 cinema see also individual 100 see also boat travel see 83 books 79, 83 etiquette 85 83 festivals glossary 85-7 80 internet resources language 545 83 restaurants food 83-4 street vegetarian travellers 84 Siwa Oasis 364 Aswan 99, 308-9 Cairo 156 99, 276 Luxor planning 101 destinations film 390, 513 food 83 music 158, 513 250, 252 religious Fishawi’s Coffeehouse 170 Coffeehouse Fishawi’s fishing 507 food 79-87, 513 football (soccer) 66 464 of Pillars Forest Forster, EM 379 Fort of Qaitbey (Rosetta) 396 Fort Qaitbey (Alexandria) 380 Fortress of Saladin 500 Fortress of Shali 357, Forty Days Rd 299, 331 Frazer Tombs 220 OfficersFree 42-3 fuul G Gama’a al-Islamiyya 220 Garden City 124-5, 157, 161-2, 166 Gardens (dive site) 448 gay travellers 513 Geb 53 Gebel al-Ingleez 353 Gebel al-Mawta 358 219-20 Gebel at-Teir Gebel az-Zuqaq 347 ferries, 512-13, festivals films 21-2, F Oasis 343-5, Farafra King 42-3 Farouk, Cemetery 303 Fatimid 38, 110 Fatimids fax services 519 Portraits 191, 208 Fayoum 101-3, feluccas

camel see also , see also 3 6 244-5 5

d see also inside front d see also ahwas 292 294 n i Zoser . 0 1 see 281-2 449-50 y g e 185 diving 450-1 cover language 546 alternative energy 90 pollution 91 Red Sea 425, 454 Sinai 462 attractions 243-55 drinking 285 entertainment 285-6 food 282-4, 284-5 Karnak 243-50 Luxor, West Bank Luxor, accommodation 277-8, 279-80, medical servicesmedical 424, 443 Bay 448-9, 455 Na’ama 455 Nuweiba 446-7, operators 453-7 Ras National Park Mohammed conservationreef 454 443, 446 safety Sharm el-Sheikh 448-9, 455 sites 446-53 south coast 452-3, 456 rides, horse riding language 545 water 82, 540 - x e El Alamein 396-9 elections 46 electricity 505 Elephantine Island 303-8 El-Gouna 421-3 Elphinstone 452 embassies 511 emergencies, environmental issues 91-2, 525 Esna 291-2, Eastern Desert 437-9 economy 46, 65-6 Edfu 293-6, Egyptian Museum 183-92, East Bank (Luxor) East Bank (Luxor) E Djoser, donkey rides 275-6, Dra Abu’l Naga 268 drinks 81-3, driving licences 532 drugs 478 Dunraven 450 73, 379-80 Lawrence Durrell, d n i - 0 330-index-egy10.indd 563 330-index-egy10.indd 564 0 - i INDEX n d hyperbaric chambers424,443 hyperbaric Hurghada 423-32, 507, horse riding Horemheb 49,203,263,296 holidays 18,513-14 hitching 532 history 30-46 564 independence 42-3 immigration 524 Yousef72 Idris, 72 Sonallah Ibrahim, ibn al-As,Amr37 I Horus 53, e x 000 000 - travel within432 travel to/from431-2 tours 426 information425 tourist Sigala 428,430, shopping 431 428-9,430 strip resort 424 medical services internet access424 food 429-30 430 entertainment 424 emergency services diving 425-6,450-1,455-6 425 attractions 426-8,430 Ad-Dahar 425-6 activities accommodation 426-9 temple 294-5, WWII 42,367 Suez Canal41,43,410 Pharaonic Egypt47-63,234 Nubia 318-20 Nile Valley 218-19,318-20 Islamist movement44-6,220 internet resources 51 independence 42-3 42-3 Free Officers Fatimids 38,110 46 elections 41-2 Protectorate British books 30,31,32,65 Black Saturday42 Sharm el-Sheikh 470 Sharm el-Sheikh Luxor 275-6 480 Dahab rides donkey e g

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5 see also 295 423 6 429 4 camel rides, camelrides, Isis 53,315-16, internet resources 22, internet access514-15 international transfers 516 insurance 514,535 bites539 insect itineraries 23-9, itineraries Israel &thePalestinian Territories 43-4 411-12 Ismailia Museum Ismailia 411-13, 41,110 Ismail, Khedive Islamist movement44-6,220 Islamic holidays514 Islam 67-8 Kerdassa 153 Kerdassa kayaking 243-50 Karnak 207-8 Karani K Justinian, Emperor37 Judaism 69 Jordan 492-3,526, 437,479,487 jeep safaris 448 Jackson Reef J tourist information66 tourist newspapers 22 mummies 192 history 51 health 535,536 food 80 diving 22,90,442-3 culture 66,76 birdwatching 89 archaeology 115,186 525 air tickets individual destinations Western Desert 26,29, Western Desert Sinai 25,27,29, Saqqara 199 pyramids 28, oases 26, Nile Valley 24,25, 97-101, Nile River Luxor 24,28,257, diving 28, Cairo 25,28,111, Aswan 24,25,29, ancient Egypt28,29, 23,29,371,388, Alexandria El-Gouna 422 479 Dahab 23 , 29 26 28 54 23-9 412 28 11 25 25 24 97 24 24 see also , 27 , , , , 28 28 25 28 25 , 26 , 29 , 29 , 29 29 Khan al-Khalili 130, al-Khalili Khan al-73 Khalid Khamissi, 48 Khafre Kom Ombo296-9, Kom ash-Shuqqafa377-8, Kom al-Ahmar293 Kolthum, Umm75 kitesurfing (Cheops)48 Khufu 53 Khons 53,291-2, Khnum 53, Khepri Khephren, 359 Kharmisah khanqahs, Luxor 239-88, Lively, Penelope 73 live-aboards, Little Brother(divesite)453 literature 71-3, Lillian TrasherOrphanage229-30 382, Library ofAlexandria Lesseps, Ferdinand de410 lesbian travellers513 legal matters515 language 164,541-8 Qarun209-10 Lake Nasser100-1,108,321 Lake L Koti 304 festivals 250, 252,277 285-6 entertainment 241 emergency services 285 drinking dangers 242 bookshops 241 boat travel97-9,106-8 243-75 attractions 275-6 activities accommodation 277-82 East Bank,WestBank museum 125 Sudr463 Ras El-Gouna 422 Alexandria 379-80 Alexandria Bibliotheca Alexandrina De Lesseps’ House412 drugs 478 transliteration 515,541-3 pronunciation 543 hieroglyphs 60-1 courses 383,509 Coptic 69 Arabic alphabet542

see 54 see see Sufi monasteries Sufi Khafre 241 see also diving , 98 298 8 131 111/02/2010 3:19:09 PM , 108 1 , books / 98 , 0

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0 2 / 2 festivals 0 / 1 111/02/2010 3:19:09 PM see also 7 INDEX (L-M) 252, 512, 375-6 Antiquities 330 Museum 124 336 342 253 Mohammed 138 130 396 Agricultural Museum 144 Akhenaten Museum 222 Alexandria National Museum Al-Kharga Museum of Animalia 304 Antiquities Museum 381 Aswan Museum 304-5 Badr’s Museum 343 Bahariya (Al-Mathaf) 348-9 Carriage Museum 138 Cavafy Museum 379 Coptic Museum 126 Egyptian Museum 183-92, Egyptian National Railways Ethnographic Museum (Dakhla) Ethnographic Museum (Al-Qasr) & Museum 138 Gawhara Palace animals 192 archaeology 266 Bahariya Oasis 349 Egyptian Museum 188-9, 191 192 internet resources Museum 253 Luxor Mummification Museum 255 mummification process 55-6, Mosque of Amr ibn al-As 128 of Amr ibn al-As Mosque of An-Nasir Mosque Mosque of Ar-Rifai 139 Mosque of Gamal ad-Din 131 139-40 Mosque of Ibn Tulun Ali 138 Mosque of Mohammed 140-1 Mosque of Qaitbey al-Ishaqi 136 Mosque of Qijmas Mosque of Sayyidna al-Hussein Mosque of Sheikh Mohammed 138 Mosque of Suleiman Pasha Mosque of Suleiman Silahdar 133 Nasr ad-Din Mosque 341 Shorbagi Mosque 379 Mosque 379 Terbana museums Mubarak, Hosni 44-5, 46 mummies Mt Sinai 497-9, motorcycle travel 531-2 moulids 10 , see 397 131 9 99 207

, 274 churches 221 see also Narmer inside front cover see

141 135 Hassan 138-9 Deir Abu Makar 212-13 Deir al-Adhra 219-20 Deir al-Muharraq 227-8, Al-Fath Mosque 124 Mosque Al-Fath Blue Mosque 137 Complex of Sultan Ashraf Barsbey Mosque-Madrassa of Al-Ghouri Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Mosque of Abu Abbas al-Mursi 379 Mosque of Abu al-Haggag 251-2 Mosque of Al-Aqmar 133 Mosque of Al-Hakim 132-3 Mosque of Al-Maridani 136-7 Mosque of Al-Mu’ayyad 136 Mosque of Amir Qurqumas 141 Deir Anba Bishoi 212 Deir el-Baramouse 213 Deir el-Sourian 212 OrthodoxGreek Monastery 127 Monastery of Al-Kashef 332 Monastery of St Anthony 418-19 Monastery of St Jeremiah 201 419-21 Monastery of St Paul Monastery of St Simeon 305-6 Red Monastery 232 Red Sea monasteries 418-21 St Katherine’s Monastery 495-7 White Monastery 231-2 also Al-Azhar Mosque 129-30, Menkaure 48 131, 133, 135, 394 merchants’ inns Merenptah 188, 258, 261-2 microbus travel 533 Minya 220-3, mobile phones 519 Mohammed Ali 40-1 monasteries, Monastirli Palace 125 Monastirli Palace money 18-19, 510-11, 515-17, moneychangers 516-17 Mons Claudianus 439 Mons Porphyrites 439 Montuhotep II 48, 186 Moon Beach 463 mosques Mediterranean 396-405, coast Meidum 208 Memphis 194 Menes, Medinat al-Fayoum 205-7, Medinat al-Fayoum Medinat 273-4, Habu 260 28 , 11 , 24 131 402 251 5 6 diving 5 shopping

see d tombs d n i see . see also 0 1 Barquq 141 An-Nasir Mohammed 134 134 134 al-Gashankir 131-2 440 176-7 y g e Madrassa & Mausoleum of Madrassa & Mausoleum of Barqu Madrassa & Mausoleum of Qalaun Mausoleum of Al-Ghouri 135 Mausoleum of Sultan Beybars Aga KhanAga Mausoleum 305 Khanqah-Mausoleum Ibn of Farag Alexandria 382-3 Aswan 302, 313 Bedouin market 502 camel markets 211-12, 299, Cairo 119, 130, 133, 135-6, 167-8, Khan al-Khalili 130, food 282-8 history 240-1 internet access 241-2 itineraries 24, 28, 257, medical services 242 planning 256 shopping 286-7 tours 276-7 travel to/from 287-8 travel within 288 of the Kings 258-67, Valley walking250-2 tour - x e Marsa Alam 435-7 Marsa Matruh 400-5, Mayat el-Wishwashi 487 Mayat Malkha 487 505 measures mastabas, mausoleums M Maat 53 Maatkare 189 Mahfouz, Naguib 71, 72 malaria 537-8 Mallawi 224 Mamluks 38-9 Manning, Olivia 73 maps 515 Maraqi 359 marine safaris, markets, Luxor Museum 252-4 Luxor 250-2, Temple Luxor d n i - 0 330-index-egy10.indd 565 330-index-egy10.indd 566 0 - i INDEX n d Nakhl 500 Nakhl 476 Nabq Protectorate Mycerinus, (goddess)53 Mut 335-9, Mut 45-6 Brotherhood Muslim music 75-6 museums 566 Na’ama Bay466-76, N e x 000 000 - diving 448-9,455 125 Umm KolthumMuseum festivals 158,513 (ElAlamein)397 War Museum 125 Umm KolthumMuseum 149 Solar BarqueMuseum 231 Sohag Museum 502 Museum Sinai Heritage Qurna Discovery272 123 Postal Museum 138 Police Museum WarPanoramaOctober 154-5 349-50 Museum Oasis Heritage 302-3 Nubia Museum 138 Museum National Military ofModernEgyptianArt Museum ofKomAushim208 Museum ofIslamicCeramics Museum 136 ofIslamicArt Museum 139 Mevlevi Museo 255 Museum Mummification Khalil Mr &MrsMahmoud 496-7 Monastery Museum 381 Museum Manuscript PalaceManial 124-5 Museum 381 SaidMuseum Mahmoud Museum Mukhtar Mahmoud Luxor 252-4 Museum open-airmuseum Karnak 411-12 Ismailia Museum 357 House ofSiwaMuseum 299 Hosh al-Kenzi 381 ofScienceMuseum History 154 Grand EgyptianMuseum 140 Museum Gayer-Anderson e g

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5 6 6 470 Nile River 30-2,94-7,317, Nile River Nile Delta213-16 Nile Barrages213-14 newspapers 67,115,505 New Gurna274-5 189 Nesikhonsu 53 Nekhbet 49,187,269 Nefertiti 273 Nefertari necropolises Naucratis 215 national parks&protectorates Abdel42-3 Nasser, ColonelGamal Narmer Palette 47,184 Narmer 47 Naqb as-Sillim346 Napoleon 39-40,370 Nut 53, Nubian people66 Nubia 318-21 Cemetery140, Northern nomadic people438, Nilometers 125,305,317 Nile Valley 217-38,239-88,289-325, internet resources 22 Tuna 224, al-Gebel Tell al-Amarna 225-7, Qila al-Dabba340 353 Qarat al-Hilwa Necropolis ofAl-Bagawat331-2 228 Mir Dra Abu’lNaga268 Beni Hasan223-4 502 Protectorate Zerenike Area 210 Protected Wadi Rayyan 495-500 Protectorate St Katherine MohammedNationalParkRas Protectorate AbuGallum Ras 476 Nabq Protectorate 89-91 villages 304,307 museums 299,302-3,304 dance 313 culture 320-1 people 220,287 security 218 itineraries 24,25, itineraries history 290,318 97-101, itineraries books 96 boat travel94-108, 102 449-50, 464-6, 483-4 , , 54 107 241 , 319 24 see also 465 97 226 97 , 141 25 226 9 , 93 Bedouin , 96 , O Nuweiba 484-90, pharaohs 34-5,47-9, Pharaoh’s Island490 492-3, Petra (Jordan) Peters, Elizabeth73 permits 520-1 Pepi II48 Pearce, 73 Michael 524 passports palaces painting 76-7 PADI 456 certification P 39-40 Ottomans 53,235, Osiris Osireion, the234-5 Oracle ofAmun345,355 opera 390 Old Gurna272 WarPanoramaOctober 154-5 obelisks 62 oases travel within490 travel to/from489 food 488-9 diving 446-7,455 486-7 activities accommodation 487-8 individual pharaohs mummies, PharaonicEgypt, Uruba Palace 154 Qasr Beshtak134 Palace 381-7 Montazah Monastirli Palace 125 PalaceGawhara &Museum Baron’s Palace 154 Amir Taz Palace 139 Alexan Palace 229 Abdeen Palace 119 134-5,341-2,394-5, architecture Unfinished Obelisk303 26, itineraries Farafra Oasis343-5, Oasis335-43, Dakhla Oasis347-55, Bahariya Oasis329-35, Al-Kharga Al-Fayoum Oasis205-11 Ain al-Furtega 487 Siwa Oasis355-66, Qara Oasis366 138 434 54 26 485 111/02/2010 3:19:10 PM see also 11 1 356 343 / 0 336 2 348 , / 2 330 6

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dangers 0 6 2 , / 2 0 / 198 see also 1 , 111/02/2010 3:19:11 PM 360 197 394 Sesostris III INDEX (P-S) 55 Sesostris III see see 76 Katkhuda 133-4 camel safaris487 437, 479, desert safaris 437-8, 328-9, 506 diving safaris 456 jeep safaris 487 437, 479, 376-7 Seqenenre II 188 Serabit al-Khadim 464 Serapeum, the 202, 377 service taxis 533 Sesostris III 48 Seth 54 Seti I 49, 188, 234, 258, 265 Seti II 265 Sha’ab abu Nuhas 450 Sha’ab al-Erg 450 Sha’ab Samadai 452 Sha’ab Sharm 452-3 shaabi Shalatein 440 Shali (fortress) 357, Shark & Jolande Reefs 449 Shark Observatory (dive site) 449 Senwosret, S Saadawi, Nawal al- 71 Sabil-Kuttab of Abdel Rahman Sadat, Anwar 44 Safaga 432-3, 451-2, 455-7 safaris 506, 528 Said, Mahmoud 381 Sais 215 Salah 38 ad-Din Salih, Sultan as- 38 Sallum 405 sand baths 363 sand dunes 339-40, 347 sandboarding 507 Saqqara 198-204, Sataya 453 scams 117-18, 159, 242, 510 schistosomiasis 538 security 206, 220, 287, Seheyl Island 314-15 Sekhemket 201-2 Sekhmet 54, Senusret, restaurants 83 restaurants chartroad distance 531 rock carvings 340, 438, 464 Rocky Island 453 (Alexandria)Roman Amphitheatre Rosetta 393-6, Rosetta Stone 395 6 , 11 , 8 60 , 198 7 , 152

, 271 418 11 344 sustainable 197 see 444-5 236 6 , 55 198 diving 441-57, travel 465 diving 449-50 Sekhemket 201-2 Zoser 198-9, Step Pyramid of 202-3 Teti Unas 200-1 Userkaf 200 camel & horse rides 145-9 115 internet resources Khafre 149-51 Khufu 149 Menkaure 151 Sphinx, the 151-2, Saqqara 198-204, Saqqara Ramses I 265 Ramses II 49, 187, 188, 235, Ramses III 49, 189 Ramses IV 189 Ramses V 189 Ras Abu Gallum Protectorate 483-4 464-6, Ras Mohammed National Park Ras Sudr 463 Ras Um Sid 449 Red Monastery 232 Red Pyramid 205 Red Sea coast 417-40, Red Sea monasteries 418-21 64, 67-9 religion travel, responsible Pyramids of Giza 144-53, Pyramids of Giza R Ra 53, radio 505 Ramadan 68, 83 Ramesseum, the 270-2, Q Qaitbey, Sultan 38-9, 140 Qalaat al-Gindi 500 Qalamun 342 Qara Oasis 366 Qarat Qasr Salim 349 Qasr ad-Dush 335 343-6, Qasr al-Farafra Qasr al-Ghueita 334 Qasr az-Zayyan 334 Qasr el-Labakha 335 Qasr Ibrim 323 Qena 235-8, quarries 303, 308 Qurna Discovery 272

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5 6 356 8 7 markets, markets, , 6 25 467 , 27 , , 29 Sobek 54, 506-7 snorkelling 156 snooker Sneferu 48,204 bites539 snake sporting events 512,513, events sporting 66 sport souqs, Soueif, Ahdaf71 solo travellers518 149 Solar BarqueMuseum Sohag 231-2, soccer 66 Suez 413-16, 426 rides submarine Stingray Station449-50 Suez Canal406-16, Sphinx, the151-2, 224 Speos Artemidos Southern UpperEgypt291-9, Step PyramidofZoser198-9, St Simeon143,305-6 St Shenouda231 St Paul 36,419-21 33,68 St Mark 495-500 Protectorate St Katherine Monastery495-7, St Katherine’s St Bishoi212,232 St Bigol231,232 St Anthony36,418-19 340 springs Suez Crisis 410 Suez Crisis Suez CanalHouse408 history 41,43,410 Sharm el-Sheikh 469-70 Sharm el-Sheikh Nuweiba 486 Hurghada 425-6 478-9 Dahab travel within366 travel to/from365-6 tours 359-60 information357 tourist Siwa Town357-8,361-2, shopping 365 history 355-6 also 496 Siwa Oasis358,359 463 Hammam Musa Hammam Fara’un 463 Farafra Oasis343-4 Oasis339 Dakhla Cleopatra’s Bath358 Oasis350,354 Bahariya Oasis335 Al-Kharga see festivals markets 55 414 231 11 407 see 360 198 291 , 6 sustainable travel19-20,88, Sufism 131,141 Sufi monasteries synagogues swimming, temples 54 Tell al-Amarna225-7, 518-19 telephone services tea 81 taxi travel533,534 taxes 19,517,527 Taweret 54, Taposiris 399 Magna Tanta 215-16 Tanis 215 tailors 177 49 Taharka Taba 491-5 ta’amiyya T St Katherine Protectorate Protectorate St Katherine Sinai 462 425,454 Sea Red environmental issues festivals 361 dancing 173-4 Cairo 123,127-8 378-9 Alexandria women travellers522 Luxor 276 Cairo 156 Aswan 309 Dendara 236-8, 272 Deir al-Medina Deir al-Haggar342-3 322 Dakka Bubastis 214 Beit al-Wali321-2 Augustus 316 An-Nadura 331 Amun 246-50,274, Amada 322 Alexander 352 352-3 Ain al-Muftella Abu Simbel324-5 Abu Ghorab197-8 Hearing Ear247 Hearing Hatshepsut 267-8, Hathor (Philae)316 Hathor (Dendara)236-7, Hathor (AbuSimbel)324-5 207-8 Graeco-Roman Derr 322 495 83 see also 55 beaches 237 111/02/2010 3:19:11 PM 226 267 1 248-9 / 0 2 , / 5 2 237 see also 0 1 0

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d 274 d n 451 i . 55 0 1 273-4, y g e Kings, Valley of the Queens Kings, Valley Ahmose 226, 293 Akhenaten 227 Akhethotep 202 203 Al-Faraun language 547 Hibis 330-1 Horus 294-5, Isis 237, 315-16 Kalabsha 321 Karnak 243-50 Kertassi 322 Khnum 305 (Aswan) Khnum (Esna) 291-2, Ramses II (Abydos) 235 Ramses II (Wadi as-Subua) 322 Ramses II (Abu Simbel) 324-5, Ramses III (Karnak) 246 Ramses III (Medinat Habu) Serabit al-Khadim 464 Serapeum, the 377 Serapis 439-40 Seti I (Abydos) 234 258 Seti I (Luxor) Seti II 246 III 247 Tuthmosis Umm Ubayd 358 Wadi as-Subua 322 510 Merenptah 258 Montu 249 Mut 249 Oracle 358 322 Pennut Ptah 247 Ramesseum, the 270-2, Khonsu 249 Kom Ombo 297-8, 250-2, Luxor Maharraqa 322 Medinat Habu 273-4, - x e tipping 65 toilets 519 tombs 54-5, 259, Thuyu 191 202 Ti time 519 terrorism 45, 117, 469, 478, 491, 202-3 Teti 157-8, 172-3 theatres theft 510 Thistlegorm Thomas Reef 448 Thoth 54, d n i - 0 330-index-egy10.indd 569 330-index-egy10.indd 570 0 - i INDEX n d visas 520-1, travellers84 vegetarian Valley oftheQueens273 Unas 200-1 Umm Qamar451 125 Umm KolthumMuseum U typhoid 538 Twin Peaks 346 67,505 TV Tuthmosis IV188,265-6 Tuthmosis III48,264, Tuthmosis II188 Tutankhamun 49,189,189-91,262 Turtle Bay449 Tuna 224, al-Gebel truck travel533 trekking, travellers cheques517 570 Wadi Miya 438 Wadi Miya Wadi Hammamat438 Wadi Gimal438-9 Wadi Feiran 500 Wadi as-Subua322 210-11 Wadi al-Hittan W Valley 258-67, oftheKings vacations, V e x - internet resources 22 books 33 e g y 1 INDEX (T-Z) INDEX 0 see . see i n see also hiking d holidays d

5 7 226 passports 0 60 260 West Bank(Luxor) weights 505 261 Weeks, Kent websites, weather 18,508-9 waterwheels (Al-Fayoum) 206 water sports, water 82,540 tours walking walking, Wadjet 215-16 438 Wadi Sikait 210-11 Wadi Rayyan Wadi Natrun212-13 464 Wadi Mukattab Western Desert 326-67, Western Desert Sigala 432 470 Sharm el-Sheikh El-Gouna 422 479-80 Dahab sports Luxor 250-2 Cairo 157 history 327-8,331,345,355-6 climate 328 Valley oftheQueens273 Valley 258-67, of theKings 286 entertainment food 284,285 accommodation 278-9,280-1, 255-75 attractions East Bank,Luxor 260 282 see see hiking internetresources see alsoindividual 254 , 5 327 , see also , 6

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