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An Egyptian oasis
H. J. L. Beadnell
Ring the desert with cliffs, drop a green hollow of springs and palm villages at the bottom, and you have the oasis Beadnell surveyed. He maps its roads, topography, and geology, walks its northern and southern hamlets, and traces its long life under Persian and Roman rule. Sand, water, and stone across the Egyptian waste. Step down into the hollow.
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27 chapters
- 1AN EGYPTIAN OASIS
- 2PREFACE
- 3CONTENTS
- 4LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5CHAPTER I THE LIBYAN DESERT AND ITS OASES
- 6CHAPTER II EARLY RECORDS
- 7CHAPTER III THE ROADS LEADING TO THE OASIS
- 8CHAPTER IV TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY
- 9CHAPTER V THE NORTHERN VILLAGES
- 10CHAPTER VI THE SOUTHERN VILLAGES
- 11CHAPTER VII THE OASIS UNDER PERSIAN AND ROMAN RULE
- 12CHAPTER VIII THE EXTINCT LAKES OF THE OASIS
- 13CHAPTER IX THE UNDERGROUND WATER-SUPPLY
- 14The Surface-Water Sandstone.
- 15The Artesian-Water Sandstone.
- 16CHAPTER X FLOWING WELLS: SOME EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS
- 17CHAPTER XI THE ORIGIN OF THE ARTESIAN WATERS
- 18High-Level Springs.
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