For a short report see also Bragantini, Pirelli (2013). Information on other subjects, still waiting for future analyses and studies (Site 2: a ancient - ? - square shaped well Site 5-6: petroglyphs sites and Site 10: Umm el Howeitat el Bahri) can be found in Bragantini, Pirelli (2012). This article deals with the results of the 2012 fieldwork in the Central-Eastern Desert of Egypt and the studies in progress on some of the major related subjects.

Rushdi Said, Former head of the Egyptian Geological and Survey Authority An indispensable guide for the traveler, the explorer and the desert lover. A well-researched book that includes wealth of information on the great Western Desert of Egypt. – Farouk El-Baz, Director of the Center for Remote Sensing and Research, Boston University. Cassandra Vivian is one of those rare people and she does more than most by trying to impart onto others what she learns by being so attentive to that desert. Amr Kamel AUC Rare Books & Special Collections Library Few people are mesmerized by the captivating beauty and haunting mystery of the Western Desert of Egypt. Her artifacts represent a mine of information and data, nhot only about the Western Desert but about the social history of Egypt. More personal items range from her old passports and awards to dairies and notes from her journeys “in steno books, mile b mile, discovery by discovery over a 30-year period” with GPS locations. It holds letters, maps, old postcards, microfilm reels, and official documents relating to research she has carried out for her books. fills the huge gap in desert studies after the pioneering research and publications of the explorer Ahmed Pasha Hassanein (1925) and Egyptologist Ahmed Fakhry (1945). Dr Kent Weeks, Theban Mapping Project Vivian’s collection. are major contributions to human understanding and they will continue to be important for many generations to come. “Cassandra's Egyptian treks are a story of a woman's courage, dedication, and caring. Dr Kent Weeks, Theban Mapping Project She was truly a pioneer: imagine one person heading off in a single vehicle into the most barren landscape on earth, the Sahara Desert, searching for archeological sites and remote living cultures, recording what she saw in careful detail, and helping the modern world to appreciate it and safeguard it,” Weeks wrote in an email. I don’t exaggerate when I say that we’ve profitable consulted it thousands of times in our office over the past couple of years. It has proven of great use to us in our work and a boon companion when we’ve had a chance to venture into the field.

– Library Journal In the meantime, I simply want to thank you for having produced in The Western Desert of Egypt, an exemplary book on Egyptian sites. Almost encyclopedic in its scope, this is the one guide that belongs on the bookshelf, dashboard, or rucksack of every Western Desert traveler. Global positioning system (GPS) waypoints are provided as an aid to navigation on many routes-though for the sake of conservation and the protection of unguarded antiquities they are not given for remote sites. Descriptions of routes, sites, people, and places are complemented by practical information on places to stay, eat, and fill your gas tank. It then explores chapter by chapter the oases of Kharga, Dakhla, Farafra, Bahariya, Fayoum, and Siwa, and the desert areas of al Diffa (the northern, semiarid edge of the desert), the Darb al-Arbain caravan route in the south, and Uwaynat (including Gilf Kebir) in the southwest. Fully illustrated with some 50 maps and plans and over 270 drawings, the guide covers both the natural history and the human history of the desert and the oases. THE WESTERN DESERT OF EGYPT AN EXPLORER’S HANDBOOK CASSANDRA VIVIAN Already the most comprehensive guide ever for desert and oasis travel in Egypt west of the Nile, The Western Desert of Egypt: An Explorer’s Handbook has now been fully revised and updated for the latest generation of twenty-first century desert adventurers.

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