Egyptian diversions. TOP: A scene from the tomb of Menna, Supervisor of Royal Fields under Thutmose IV (1412-1402 B.C.). Menna’s hand holds two stunned birds. A throwing stick whirls among the others. Types of bird are easily identified after more than 3000 years. BELOW: The beach at El Alamein, close to the site of the battle of 1942. Tourists now go there to take the sea air, as Cleopatra did 2000 years ago. Both illustrations come from “The Egyptian Story,” with text by P. H. Newby, and pictures by F. J. Maroon (Abbeville/Collins, 1983, 259 pp, $39.95). The book has a magnificent collection of colour photographs, linked by a brief, but adequate text that embraces many aspects of Egypt from the remote past to the present day.
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Press, 24 September 1983, Page 18
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127Egyptian diversions. TOP: A scene from the tomb of Menna, Supervisor of Royal Fields under Thutmose IV (1412-1402 B.C.). Menna’s hand holds two stunned birds. A throwing stick whirls among the others. Types of bird are easily identified after more than 3000 years. BELOW: The beach at El Alamein, close to the site of the battle of 1942. Tourists now go there to take the sea air, as Cleopatra did 2000 years ago. Both illustrations come from “The Egyptian Story,” with text by P. H. Newby, and pictures by F. J. Maroon (Abbeville/Collins, 1983, 259 pp, $39.95). The book has a magnificent collection of colour photographs, linked by a brief, but adequate text that embraces many aspects of Egypt from the remote past to the present day. Press, 24 September 1983, Page 18
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