Island of the Blessed: the Secrets of Egypt's Everlasting Oasis by Harry Thurston

Island of the Blessed: the Secrets of Egypt's Everlasting Oasis

Harry Thurston

400 pages first pub 2003 (view editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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Island of the Blessed is ideal for the thoughtful, environmentally curious reader who savors a leisurely, intellectually challenging journey across vast stretches of time and who finds wonder in watching scientists coax buried human stories from harsh landscapes.

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Canadians leading an archaeological dig in Egypt’s Western Desert are at the forefront of an amazing scientific detective story as they uncover 400,000 years of human history and examine the fragile balance between humankind and our environment.Aw...

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