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Black Land, Red Land: The Nile Valley and Egypt’s Western Desert

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Alumni Weekend
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Illustrated with photographs from previous trips, this talk by Professor Mark Smith contrasts the Nile Valley and the desert and explore how the relationship between them developed over the course of Egyptian history.

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Series
Alumni Weekend
People
Mark Smith
Keywords
egypt
desert
tomb
pyramid
river nile
Department: Alumni Office
Date Added: 02/10/2014
Duration: 01:05:47

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