In a ruined temple along the Nile, Anthony Sattin sees a woman praying to the gods of ancient Egypt to bless her with a child. Later that day, a policeman stops his taxi to ask to borrow a mobile phone to call his mother. The ancient rubs up against the modern just as dramatically as when Flaubert wrote, 'Egypt is a wonderful place for contrasts - splendid things gleam in the dust". Anthony Sattin has tracked down extraordinary examples of ancient survivals in the hurly-burly of modern Egypt.
| ISBN: | 9781780600611 |
| Publication date: | 8th October 2012 |
| Author: | Anthony Sattin |
| Publisher: | Eland Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 260 pages |
| Genres: |
Travel writing |