Description: Ever since Herodotus, it has been observed that Egypt-that is, ancient Egyptian civilization-was a gift of the Nile. However, only recently have Egyptologists come to appreciate that Egypt was as much a gift of the desert as a gift of the water, at least as regards its very beginnings. To understand the civilization that originally s
Brief description: Miroslav Barta is the Director of the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, Charles University, Prague. Jiri Janak is a faculty member of the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, Charles University, Prague.