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	SAHARA - LoveToKnow Article on SAHARA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the Libyan desert is a vast region ofdunesof unascertained limits; the characteristics of the Libyan desert being thought typical of the whole of the Sahara originated the idea of a sea of shifting sand as descriptive of the entire desert.
		A broad belt of Geological Archaean rocks extends thmughout the desert, appearing ~ at intervals in the form of hills and plateaus from beneath the superficial sands and Quaternary deposits~ Examples are the granite of Air and the gneiss and mica-schists of this massif and of the Ahaggar plateau.
		Alexandria; (2) from Kuka (Lake Chad) to Murzuk and Tripoli; (3) from Kano and Zinder to Tripoli by Air and Ghat; (4) from Timbuktu to Insalah, Ghadames and Tripoli;(s) from Timbuktu to Insalah and thence to Algeria and Tunisia; (6) from Timbuktu to Morocco.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SA/SAHARA.htm (7294 words)

	DESERT - Definition
		A deserted or forsaken region; a barren tract incapable of supporting population, as the vast sand plains of Asia and Africa are destitute and vegetation.
		{Desert flora} (Bot.), the assemblage of plants growing naturally in a desert, or in a dry and apparently unproductive place.
		3:1) is the west of the desert, the region behind a man, as the east is the region in front.
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/desert (842 words)

	NUBIA - LoveToKnow Article on NUBIA
		Ethnologically these modern Nubians are a very mixed people, but their affiliation to negroes or negroids, which is based on physical and linguistic grounds, is confirmed by what is known of the history of the Nilotic peoples.
		Hence it is that the Nubians of this district, fairest of all the race, still claim Arab and Osmanli (Bosnian) descent.
		The modern Nubian tongue, clearly the descendant of the Nubian of the MSS., is very sonorous and expressive.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NU/NUBIA.htm (1675 words)

	DONGOLA (MUDIRIA) - LoveToKnow Article on DONGOLA (MUDIRIA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In this desert region is found the addx, the rarest of Sudan antelopes.
		Of the nomad desert tribes the chief are the Hawawir and Kabbabish.
		This tribute was paid when it could be enforced; at periods the Nubians gained the upper hand, as in 737 when Cyriacus, their then king, marched into Egypt with a large army to redress the grievances of the Copts.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DO/DONGOLA_MUDIRIA_.htm (1279 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Nubian Desert
		Nubian Desert, region in northeastern Sudan, bounded by the Nile River valley on the west and the Red Sea Hills on the east.
		Arabian Desert, arid region, eastern Egypt, lying between the Mediterranean Sea on the north, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Suez on the east, the...
		Languages in the largest of the six subgroups, Nilotic, are spoken along the Nile and Chari rivers.
	encarta.msn.com /Nubian_Desert.html (128 words)

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		These are both in the north of the country; the Libyan Desert in the northwest and the Nubian Desert in the northeast.
		The Libyan desert is framed by the Fezzan region in Libya, the volcanic debris region of the Tibesti in Chad, the Uwaynat region in Egypt, and the oases along the old run of the Nile before its diversion.
		The Nubian Desert is the easternmost region of the Sahara.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/pda/A2398836?s_id=2 (192 words)

	Nubian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nubian village once again brand nubian completely nubian village hotel only in reality nubian village egypt when the nubian village sharm el sheikh.
		Bay hotel nabq nubian village and beach nubian occasionally nubian village sea club the egypt hotel in nubian village due to the el nubian sheikh village,sharm.
		Nubian sea when the african nubian painting in modern terms anglo nubian when the nubian bridal wear for fl woman completely 1977 h m nubian s.
	www.mapsym.co.uk /nubian.htm (324 words)

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		Some Nubian slaves were undoubtedly obtained through commerce (that is, enslaved by the Nubians themselves and traded by them to the Egyptians), but the greater number appear to have been captured directly by the pharaoh's armies.
		and in the Wadi Allaqi in the Eastern Desert (Fig.
		Nubians were not only serving as mercenaries in the Egyptian army (as they had also in the later Old Kingdom), but were settling permanently and achieving positions of some prominence in the northern country, as is shown by their funerary inscriptions found near Gebelein in Upper Egypt.
	www.yare.org /brian/books/AdamsWY/ch7.htm (11163 words)

	desert
		(7) abandon, forsake, desolate, desert -- (leave someone who needs or counts on you leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children") 2.
		(2) defect, desert -- (desert (a cause a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot") Overview of adj desert The adj desert has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1.
		desert, godforsaken, waste, wild -- (located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places")
	www.beetfoundation.com /words/d/alt.desert.html (286 words)

	Nubia - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Nubia
		Nubians are an ethnic minority group in Egypt.
		Present day Nubia is a region of southern Egypt and northern Sudan which includes the Nile valley between Aswan and Khartoum and the Nubian desert to the east.
		Pottery jars from the tomb of the Nubian queen Nefertari, wife of Ramses II of Egypt (19th dynasty) (Egyptian Museum, Turin, Italy).
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Nubia (267 words)

	Geographical Regions
		To the east of the Nile lies the Nubian Desert; to the west, the Libyan Desert.
		In the west there are a few small watering holes, such as Bir an Natrun, where the water table reaches the surface to form wells that provide water for nomads, caravans, and administrative patrols, although insufficient to support an oasis and inadequate to provide for a settled population.
		Flowing through the desert is the Nile Valley, whose alluvial strip of habitable land is no more than two kilometers wide and whose productivity depends on the annual flood.
	www.geocities.com /forsudan/Geogrphic.htm (1163 words)

	THE 1997-97 THEBAN DESERT ROAD SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT
		In the small wadi separating the two towers we discovered the sadly smashed fragments of a limestone monument, epigraphically datable to the Seventeenth Dynasty, referring to a seal bearer and a king's son, one of whom (the latter?) was named Ahmose.
		The man appears to be somewhat prognathous and wears the uniform of the Nubian soldiers of the First Intermediate Period: a feather in the hair and a short kilt with ribbon sporran/penis sheath in front, the tie for this element appearing at the back.
		With the Eastern Desert rock carvings and the lion-hunt palette's hunters, we appear to have a pre-/protodynastic hunting attire.
	oi.uchicago.edu /OI/AR/97-98/97-98_Desert_Road.html (5747 words)

	AllRefer.com - Nubian Desert, Africa (African Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nubian Desert, eastern region of the Sahara Desert, c.157,000 sq mi (407,000 sq km), NE Republic of Sudan, NE Africa, between the Nile and the Red Sea.
		The arid region, largely a sandstone plateau, has numerous wadis flowing toward (but never reaching) the Nile, whose great bends are entrenched in the western part of the region.
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on Nubian Desert
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/NubianDe.html (169 words)

	Western Desert
		This sequence is known as the Nubian sandstone (Issawi 1973) and was deposited between the Lower Paleozoic and the Upper Cretaceous, the marine beds dating from the Carboniferous to Lower Cretaceous.
		The eastern and southern parts of the desert have areas of mobile sand and stony plateau surfaces, which characterize the arid desert environment in this area and are formed by aeolian geomorphological processes.
		These outposts of vegetation in the hyperarid desert are exploited by nomadic herdsmen for sheep, goat, and camel grazing.
	www.fao.org /ag/agl/swlwpnr/reports/y_nf/egypt/e_wdsrt.htm (1009 words)

	Search Results for desert - Encyclopædia Britannica
		The desert lies south of the Tropic of Capricorn between the Great Sandy Desert (north), the Great Victoria Desert (south), the Northern Territory...
		It is separated from the Libyan Desert by the Nile River valley to the west, while to the north is Egypt; eastward, the Red Sea; and southward, the Nile again.
		desert, southwestern Africa, extending north along the Atlantic coast of Angola from the Angola-Namibia border for about 275 miles (450 km) and constituting the northernmost extension of the Namib...
	www.britannica.com /search?ref=B04319&query=desert&submit=Find (513 words)

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		By the end of the Old Stone Age, Nubian peoples, like those in the Near East and elsewhere, had begun utilizing sickle-like tools made of wood inset with small razor-sharp stone flakes.
		When a paved road was to be laid across the Bayuda Desert, connecting Omdurman (western Khartoum) with ed-Debba 210 miles (350 km) to the north, a team of the Sudan Archaeological Research Society (SARS) of London, collaborating with the Sudan Antiquities Dept., undertook an archaeological survey of the route.
		Their work revealed that this Ohio-sized territory, embraced by the Great Bend of the Nile, was once cut by a branch of the White Nile that flowed due north through the dry depression now known as the Wadi Muqaddam.
	www.nubianet.org /about/about_history2.html (1280 words)

	Nubian Ibex: WhoZoo
		Flocks of grackles peck at the hides of the ibex.
		The Nubian ibex is a wild goat found in the Nubian Desert of northeastern Sudan, Africa.
		The Nubian ibex is very agile when it comes to maneuvering steep cliffs.
	www.whozoo.org /Intro99/ortega/aortnubianibex.htm (472 words)

	The Nubian Desert by Philip Marsden \| Travel Reviews from Travel Intelligence
		After the Nubian Christians the area was dominated by the Shaigia Muslims.
		A war-like tribe of great beauty and uncertain origin, they rode into battle chanting to their enemies "Peace be with You!" (That is, the peace of death.) They considered guns a cowardly invention and were in the end wiped out by volley after volley of Turkish firepower.
		Few pleasures can beat this, this bowling across unbroken sand at 120 kph with the desert flat and yellow in every direction and it is eight in the morning and the great blue bowl of the sky is above us and the sun is rising to the left.
	www.travelintelligence.net /wsd/articles/art_2537.html (2327 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Nubian Desert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nubian Desert, region in north-east Africa, in the north-eastern corner of the Republic of Sudan, east of longitude 30° east, between the River Nile...
		The Libyan Desert, a barren waste broken by rugged uplands, covers most of Sudan north-west of the...
		At Khartoum the White Nile is joined by the Blue Nile, or Bahr al-Azraq.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Nubian_Desert.html (99 words)

	enableafrica.net / Features_departure
		Highlights: Wacky Racers - Wadi Halfa to Dongola, crossing the Nubian Desert to Karima and the Pyramids of Jebel Barkal, crossing the Bayuda Desert to Atbara, the 50 Pyramids of Meroe and on to Khartoum.
		The route across the Nubian Desert is helped by kilometer markers however, they are not always visible and after approximately half way across we lost them altogether and were relying solely on GPS.
		We entered the desert from Merowe at the wrong position and spent the next 10km's or so not knowing whether we were on the right track.
	www.enableafrica.net /features/feature_39.htm (3009 words)

	Latest News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		With superb views of the Nubian Desert this unique property is perfect for a two or three night escape.
		Visit Kharga Oasis in the Western Desert, the Nubian Desert for a night under the stars and then to Abu Simbel.
		Desert Oasis - Tour the Oasis of the Western Desert through the Black and White deserts from Cairo to Luxor.
	www.kuoni.co.uk /Information/LatestNews/BrochureLaunches/newbrox3EG.shtml (1285 words)

	Nubian Desert on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Of Nubians and Nabateans: Implications of research on neglected dimensions of ancient world history.
		Modern Nubians and allies defend an ancient land; From TV specials to museum exhibits, the ancient civilization is back.(World)
		I'm really a Nubian princess (well, in a previous life); Angella Johnson takes a DNA test to reveal the secrets of her genetic makeup - and discovers an extraordinary tale of kidnap, slavery and rape.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/n/nubiand1e.asp (364 words)

	Abu Simbel (Egypt) - Review - Sailing Through The Desert
		Not surprising the Nubians call it that as in order to create the Lake in the 1960s the Nasser government penned up the Nile behind the High Dam and the dammed waters flooded the Nubian Desert area in Upper Egypt to create a 300 mile long inland sea.
		Fortunately this grand scheme raised the issue of other Nubian monuments in the desert that would clearly have been hidden by the ever rising waters of the artificial lake and so many more temples were moved to higher ground including New Kalabshka, The Kiosk of Qertassi, The Temple of Amada and many others.
		Deserts vary in formation and it was apparent almost at once that the Nubian Desert once consisted of high mountains because even before we set sail from Aswan there were many small islands in the area of water surrounding the moored Prince Abbas.
	travel.ciao.co.uk /Abu_Simbel_Egypt__Review_5392529?... (1937 words)

	Adventures of Sudan: Nubian desert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Nubian desert could seem just like endless stretches of sand, when you head through it with the train connecting Wadi Halfa to Atbara.
		And that's really what it is. But entering the desert so thoroughly as you do with this train, is quite rare, when entering the desert you seldom manage to penetrate it by more than some few kilometres.
		The Nubian desert makes up all the eastern bank of the Nile, and go on until it reaches the Red Sea.
	i-cias.com /sudan/nubian_d.htm (148 words)

	Through Desert and Jungle
		But, to remind us that the desert is at hand, tropical shrubs grow along the side of the wide, uncovered platforms.
		glare of the desert, the dining-cars in the Sudan are painted white - to deflect
		The caravan consisted of reinforcements dispatched to assist in the quelling of a rebellion in Uganda.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r061.html (3980 words)

	1987 NUBIAN EXHIBITION: BROCHURE
		This exhibit is a selection of objects recovered over twenty years ago by the Oriental Institute Nubian Expedition in the effort to rescue archaeology from the rising water behind the Aswan Dam.
		The land of Nubia is a desert divided by the river Nile.
		The Christian images and symbols were drawn largely from traditions developed in Egypt and the Mediterranean world, but Nubian artists and architects added details, designs, combinations, and proportions of their own to establish a unique formal art.
	oi.uchicago.edu /OI/PROJ/NUB/NUBX/NUBX_brochure.html (1977 words)

	The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Arabian Desert@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		ARABIAN DESERT [Arabian Desert ] or Eastern Desert, c.86,000 sq mi (222,740 sq km), E Egypt, bordered by the Nile valley in the west and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Suez in the east.
		It extends along most of Egypt's eastern border and merges into the Nubian Desert in the south.
		The Arabian Desert is sparsely populated; most of its inhabitants are based around wells and springs.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:ArabianD&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (140 words)

	desert
		desert, arid region, usually partly covered by sand, having scanty vegetation or sometimes almost none, and capable of supporting only a limited and specially adapted animal population.
		The so-called cold deserts, caused by extreme cold and often covered with perpetual snow or ice, are quite distinct from the deserts of warm regions; cold deserts cover about one sixth of the world's surface.
		It is estimated that warm deserts form about one fifth of the land surface of the world.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/sci/A0815259.html (95 words)

	Nubian Desert Crossing, Sudan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the end of the first day we found ourselves 20 miles north of Aroma, and with no village in sight there was no alternative but to camp out in the heart of the Nubian desert.
		We spent most of the time scanning the ground with torches, but it was not until daybreak, as we readied ourselves for the day's riding, that Pete, having emptied his shoes of sand, leapt back with a yell.
		He'd found his shoe was also full of a 4in-long desert spider with mandibles the size of wire cutters.
	cr.atominternet.com /sudan/sudan6.html (388 words)

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