Please note I shall be delivering this talk in person at JW3, but you can choose to still join via zoom.
RIVER NILE
Introduction
'Egypt is the gift of the Nile'
The God Hapi
Fertile Soil/Irrigation/Nilometer
Joseph's Granaries
Transport
Source of The Nile: Intrepid Victorian Adventurers
Burton and Speke
The Bakers
Dr Livingstone and Stanley
Aswan Dam
The Nile flows on
One new book to refer to The White Nile by Alan Moorehead
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