Reviews for Egypt

The average rating for Egypt based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-02-09 00:00:00 Jhon Pere Getting ready to tour Egypt! A nice book of many photos and descriptions of the culture and the architecture.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-05-03 00:00:00 Jeffrey Dowding The review I wanted to write was going to describe the rape of Egypt's artifacts (circa early 1800s) when it became popular for European travelers to visit the African nation after 1000 years of rule that virtually barred foreign visitors from the area. Visitors looted mummies, bones, art, and artifacts. They thought nothing of it. They didn't see themselves for what they were - grave robbers, thieves. I was also going to reference the fact that both Gustav Flaubert and Florence Nightingale visited Egypt at the same time, though they never met. {Isn’t that cool? I want to read their journals/letters.} Both wrote about their travels and their impressions of the locals. {Flaubert visited a bunch of whores.} Both commented on the amount of graffiti that was carved into the ancient monuments. {Hermes wuz here 1820. Ramses II rulz! Okay, those aren’t real, but there was some old graffiti.} I thought that was a shame, and it reminded me of my own visit to the Colosseo in Rome. In photographs it is a marvel of ancient architecture and it is amazing that it is still standing after all these years. Up close there is graffiti both carved into and painted on it. It sits in the middle of a busy modern thoroughfare and almost looks like an eyesore. I wanted to write about the way women are viewed in Egypt and how it hindered Mahoney’s search for a rowboat with which she could make a solo trip down a 120-mile stretch of the Nile. As you can imagine, people thought she was crazy and no one wanted to sell her a boat. She made up a story about it being a surprise birthday present for a non-existent husband. I admired her persistence. I admired the way she was able to navigate through cultural differences to ultimately make the voyage. For the most part she was able to do this without offending people and without coming off as an “Ugly American.” I wanted to relate it to my own experiences in 1996 when I traveled Europe alone for a month. But...I don’t feel like putting much more effort into this review. I'm kind of sick of book reviews. Anyway, good book, 3 ½ stars.