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Sinai: Landscape and Nature in Egypt's Wilderness
Omar Attum
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Description for Sinai: Landscape and Nature in Egypt's Wilderness
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; WNC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 257 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1288.
Sinai's allure is legendary. Its spectacular landscapes, thriving flora and fauna, and unique history, the store of centuries, have long held sway in the imagination of millions. The high mountains and wadis of the peninsula's south provide the fertile soil that feeds some of Egypt's highest diversity of plants, while foxes, vipers, lizards, and tortoises are just some of the animals that make their home in the north, which is characterized by lagoons and vast dunes of soft sand. Sinai: Landscape and Nature in Egypt's Wilderness transports us to the haunting grandeur of this peninsula with 150 breathtaking full-color photographs. ... Read more
Sinai's allure is legendary. Its spectacular landscapes, thriving flora and fauna, and unique history, the store of centuries, have long held sway in the imagination of millions. The high mountains and wadis of the peninsula's south provide the fertile soil that feeds some of Egypt's highest diversity of plants, while foxes, vipers, lizards, and tortoises are just some of the animals that make their home in the north, which is characterized by lagoons and vast dunes of soft sand. Sinai: Landscape and Nature in Egypt's Wilderness transports us to the haunting grandeur of this peninsula with 150 breathtaking full-color photographs. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774166617
SKU
V9789774166617
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Ref
99-15
About Omar Attum
Omar Attum is a wildlife biologist and professor at Indiana University Southeast who fell in love with Sinai at the age of sixteen. He has been conducting wildlife research and surveys in the peninsula since 1998. A self-taught photographer, his credits include National Geographic magazine, The Courier Journal, Outdoor Photographer, Popular Photography, Shutterbug, Egypt Today, and The Jordan Times. He ... Read more
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