Contents

Contents : General introduction - where in the world; using the guide; top tips & quotes; ANCIENT EGYPT : Map of Ancient Egypt; introduction - about Egypt; Tourist nformation - getting around, where to stay, food and drink, getting sick; Gizah - the Great Pyramids; Sakkara - Step pyramids; Memphis - the sights of Memphis; Thebes - Temples, Valley of the Kings, tomb art, gods and goddesses, a mummy factory, death on the Nile, a funeral procession; Abu Simbel & Nubia - an expedition to Nubia, Buhen fort & and the army, Abu Simbel; Shopping & Leisure - shopping, entertainment, hunting & wildlife; Background - farming, religion & festivals, clothes & fashion, education, write like an egyptian, government & Law, the passing of time; ANCIENT GREECE : introduction - about greece; Tourist Information - Athens & the Acropolis, where to stay, what to eat, getting around; Map of Ancient Egypt; if you get sick; Sightseeing & Leisure - talk the talk, temples, festivals, the play’s the thing, entertainment, art & sculpture, architecture & buildings, shopping & trade - arcades & the agora, workshops & craftsmen, Piraeus, port of Athens; Trips out of Athens - the olympic games, oracles & other mysteries, hot metal, Sparta : Keep Out!; Background - government & politics, the army, the navy, gods & goddesses, death & the underworld, family life, schools & learning, clothes & fashion, myths & legends; ANCIENT ROME : introduction - about rome; tourist information - where to stay, eating and drinking, the evening meal, bathing, water palaces, out & about, getting sick; Sightseeing - The Roman Forum, the imperial fora; Map of Ancient Rome - the colosseum, chariot racing, seeing a play, architectural art, military processions, tombs and catacombs; Shopping - day-to-day shopping, a shopper’s paradise, markets; the port of rome; Trips out of rome - Ostia, a week in the country; Background - religion and festivals, fashion, education, the army, useful information, phrasebook, the virtual tourist; General Reference - Men & women around the Nile, men & women around Athens, men & women around Rome, glossary, travel through three time zones, timeline of Egypt, timeline of Greece, timeline of Rome, using the internet, index, further reading, acknowledgements;