{"product_id":"9781617975400","title":"Traveling through Sinai: From the Fourth to the Twenty-first Century","description":"Sinai has long attracted travelers to its ancient caravan routes and haunting landscapes, and visitors have frequently left written accounts of their experiences. In this wide-ranging anthology, Deborah Manley and Sahar Abdel- Hakim have collected dozens of accounts and observations from travelers who have written about Sinai, its people, its sights, and its historical and biblical landmarks. Starting with Egeria, a fourth-century Christian who relates her visit to Mt. Sinai and the Burning Bush, \u003cem\u003eTraveling through Sinai \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a diverse collection of voices over the centuries. Among themare the German friar Felix Fabri, who visited in 1492, and nineteenth-century antiquarian William Flinders Petrie, giving his impressions of the Bedouins of the peninsula. French novelist Alexandre Dumas writes of meeting two monks in the desert carrying a letter signed by Napoleon, while others describe crossing the canal at Suez, the ancient inscriptions of Wadi Mukattab, and the harrowing experiences of desert travel.","brand":"American University in Cairo Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134343266544,"sku":"9781617975400","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617975400_p0.jpg?v=1763854931","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617975400","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}