Edited by Maggie Morrow, Mike Morrow, Tony Judd and Geoff Phillipson

Consultant Editor Pete Cherry
Foreword by Toby Wilkinson

We are used to thinking of Egypt, ancient and modern, in terms of the Nile valley: well-watered, green and fertile, a narrow strip of life-sustaining land between vast tracts of hostile desert. But this accustomed view is an illusion: even today, the deserts of Egypt - which seem so inhospitable - support flora, fauna and people. In prehistoric times, the climate was wetter and life was much more abundant. The deserts' early inhabitants left behind...