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Egypt

      Titles Descriptions
  1. Arab Net: Egypt
  2. CIA World Factbook: Egypt
  3. Egypt Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006
  4. Egypt Information Highway
  5. Egyptian Presidency
  6. Egyptology Resources
  7. Ethnologue Language Database: Egypt
  8. Hieroglyphs
  9. Index on Africa: Egypt
  10. Library of Congress Country Studies: Egypt
  11. Map of Egypt
  12. Maps of Africa
  13. Model League of Arab States: Egypt
  14. Mummies of Ancient Egypt
  15. Oriental Costumes: Their Designs and Colours
  16. Political Resources on the Net: Egypt
  17. State of Food and Agriculture 2001
  18. World Travel Guide: Egypt

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Arab Net: Egypt
Brief details of the history and geography of Egypt, as well as business, culture, government and transport information.
     Author: Saudi Research & Marketing Group
     Subjects: egypt
     DeweyClass: 962
     Resource type: documents
CIA World Factbook: Egypt
Basic reference information about Egypt, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co-ordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources.
     Author: CIA
     Subjects: egypt
     DeweyClass: 916.2
     Resource type: document
Egypt Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006
Detailed assessment of human rights practices in Egypt. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status.
     Author: US Department of State
     Subjects: egypt
     DeweyClass: 323.62
     Resource type: document
Egypt Information Highway
Range of officially approved information about Egypt. Headings include government, tourism, culture, health, environment and libraries.
     Author: Egyptian Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center
     Subjects: egypt
     DeweyClass: 962
     Resource type: documents
Egyptian Presidency
Official information from the office of the President of Egypt.
     Author: Egyptian Government
     Subjects: egypt
     DeweyClass: 351.62
     Resource type: government
Egyptology Resources
Collection of resources providing an insight into Egyptian history, archaeology and culture. Includes announcements of conferences, exhibitions and new books, information about various tombs and excavations, and details of related institutions, museums, societies, journals and magazines.
     Author: Strudwick, Nigel
     Subjects: egypt, egyptian history
     DeweyClass: 932
     Resource type: document index
Ethnologue Language Database: Egypt
A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in Egypt, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness.
     Author: Summer Institute of Linguistics
     Subjects: egypt
     DeweyClass: 409.62
     Resource type: document
Hieroglyphs
Annotated links to material on Egyptian hieroglyphs, a picture based writing system consisting of phonograms and ideograms. Resources cover the learning and decipherment of hieroglyphs, together with translators, Hieroglyphic fonts, and software.
     Author: Spalding, Tim
     Subjects: communication studies, egypt
     DeweyClass: 411
     Resource type: index
Index on Africa: Egypt
Links to a range of Internet resources about Egypt.
     Author: Norwegian Council for Africa
     Subjects: egypt
     DeweyClass: 962
     Resource type: index
Library of Congress Country Studies: Egypt
Detailed handbook describing the history of Egypt and analysing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Particular attention is given to the people who make up the society, their origins, dominant beliefs and values, common interests and the issues on which they are divided, and their attitudes toward each other and toward their social system and political order.
     Author: Library of Congress
     Subjects: egypt
     DeweyClass: 962
     Resource type: documents
Map of Egypt
Map of Egypt showing the main settlements, boundaries and routes.
     Author: University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center
     Subjects: egypt
     DeweyClass: 912.62
     Resource type: map
Maps of Africa
Set of political and relief maps produced by the CIA covering all the countries in Africa.
     Author: Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
     Subjects: algeria, botswana, burkina faso, burundi, congo democratic republic, djibouti, egypt, equatorial guinea, ghana, liberia, mali, mauritania, mozambique, namibia, rwanda, south africa, tanzania
     DeweyClass: 912.6
     Resource type: map collection
Model League of Arab States: Egypt
Summary of the nature and structure of government of Egypt, with links to several other resources about the country.
     Author: Haynes, Ed
     Subjects: egypt
     DeweyClass: 351.62
     Resource type: document
Mummies of Ancient Egypt
Resource explaining what mummies are, how they are made, and who they are. Provides an account of the afterlife, including information about gods, the spirit of the dead, the world of the afterlife, and the journey to resurrection. Also features a key to hieroglyphs, a dateline, and a glossary.
     Author: University of Michigan School of Information
     Subjects: ancient history, egypt, egyptian history
     DeweyClass: 932
     Resource type: documents, images
Oriental Costumes: Their Designs and Colours
A book about Oriental costumes originally published in 1922. Includes images of costumes from Afghanistan, Persia, India, Syria, Morocco, Egypt, China and Japan.
     Author: Tilke, Max
     Subjects: afghanistan, asian studies, clothing, egypt, syria
     DeweyClass: 391
     Resource type: non-fiction ebook
Political Resources on the Net: Egypt
Listing of political resources relevant to Egypt, with links to parties, organisations, government, media and results of recent elections, where available.
     Author: Torre Argentina Societa di Servizi - Agora telematica Division
     Subjects: egypt
     DeweyClass: 320.962
     Resource type: documents, index
State of Food and Agriculture 2001
Regular FAO report, which asserts that many poor countries have seen their prospects for food security further improve because of their success in creating a policy environment conducive to sustained economic and agricultural growth. Although economic and food security problems remain serious in Africa, there are improvements in many areas, while a number of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have seen a good performance of the agricultural sector. The report includes regional overviews, detailed reviews of certain countries, and a special chapter on the agroprocessing industry. Online reports available for 1994, 1995, 1997 and 1998.
     Author: UN Food and Agriculture Organization
     Subjects: angola, bangladesh, caribbean, egypt, food production, mozambique, peru, russia
     DeweyClass: 338.19
     Resource type: document
World Travel Guide: Egypt
Basic reference information about Egypt, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
     Author: Columbus Press
     Subjects: african travel and tourism, egypt
     DeweyClass: 916.2
     Resource type: documents