egypt in the hot season; memories of old wars and of arabi's war. dreaky scenes of sand--life on shipboard--remains of earth-wores--vegetation at the spring of moses.

Ties van der Hoeven’s ambitions are nothing if not grand. The Dutch engineer wants to transform a huge stretch of inhospitable desert into green, fertile land teeming with wildlife. His sights ...

Determining the ancient Egyptian designations for the plants used in the concoction, with the exception of known Egyptian water lily, will be crucial in trying to identify recipes from Greco-Roman ...