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This website is devoted to travellers in Egypt from ancient times to the nineteenth century; running it is a group of enthusiasts and academics. It is our intention, on a regular basis, to publish articles and studies on the life, travels and discoveries of the numerous travellers to Egypt and the Near East, from ancient times to the nineteenth century, on their experiences as told in the travel books of the period, with descriptions of the places and people they encountered, as well as articles on many other related subjects, such as Napoleon’s expedition to Egypt, the birth of Egyptology, studies on archaeological discoveries, the business initiatives of the period, including the tourist cruises organized by Tomas Cook & Son’s tourist cruises, and so on.

So if you are a scholar or a freelance writer interested in the subject and want to publish articles, essays, book reviews and reports on exhibitions and conferences on these subject please drop us a line.

Our goal is to provide an interesting and enjoyable tool, not just for academics, but also for people approaching the subject for the first time.

The story till now

The first release of this website began in 1999, as companion of the exhibit “Carlo Vidua and the Travellers in Egypt of 1800”. The exhibit was kept in Conzano – a nice Italian town in Piedmont – and then in Genoa (Liguria) from an idea of Maurizio Re and Giorgio Agnese. Marco Maroccolo give his contribution building the companion website.

The love of Marco Maroccolo for Egypt, ancient books and travellers grown and he, in 2004, re-launched this new version of the website with the name Travellers in Egypt as a daily-published online magazine with a dedicated staff of people. Since then, Travellers in Egypt has been consistently recognized as one the Internet’s finest publications about ancient travellers in Egypt and Near East and its readership has grown to include people all around the world.

A Note on Our Feature Departments

We publish articles in the following departments:

The Travellers Journals: chosen excerpts from travel books from ancient times to the nineteenth century.
The Travellers: life, travels and discoveries of the most important travellers to Egypt and the Near East.
A Deeper Glance: Articles and essays about any subject related to travels and travellers in Egypt and the Near East.
Spyglass: Ancient images, pictures, engravings, drawings about places, monuments, people and things of Egypt and Near East.
Who was Who: some small biographies of people met by the travellers in their travels.
The Old Books: Articles and essays about some interesting ancient travel books.
News and Events about our site and exhibitions related to Ancient Egypt.
Other Lands: Notes about other sites and associations of interest, as always related to Ancient Egypt and Near East.

A Note on Links, Feeds, and Technology

Some of our articles made use of hyperlinks to other sites; we are happy to connect to things around the Internet but make no claim of responsibility for their content.

Also, if you reads RSS feeds, then you may find this link of particular interest.

Behind the scenes, Travellers in Egypt is managed by Movable Type, a very powerful, easy-to-use, and inexpensive content management system built by Six Apart.

A Note on Advertising

Because the more we publish, the harder it is to keep the good ship (or we must say Dahabeah) afloat on good will alone. Because being able to pay for electricity keeps our typing hands ablaze. Because we cannot live on bread alone.

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A Note on Ethics, Copyrights, Our Contributors, and You

Travellers in Egypt is dedicated to bringing our readers the best, most reliable articles and information possible. Above all else, we believe in the quality of this publication, and we try to make every effort to improve it. Each story we publish goes through multiple rounds of editing, and we do our best to catch any errors. However, it is not an infallible system, and we certainly benefit from the smart minds and sharp eyes of our audience. So, if you have concerns about something you see published here please contact us immediately.

Our site assumes no legal liability whatsoever for the works of its contributors, nor legal liability for the content of any other website or materials hyperlinked to or from Travellers in Egypt.

All works submitted to us must be the sole, original property of the contributor(s), and cannot interfere with any other publication or company’s publishing rights.

The rights to all works published at Travellers in Egypt are owned, everlasting, by the creator of the work. Should anyone wish to reprint any article from this website, we urge them to either contact us so we can get in touch with the author of the work, or clear it through the author directly. Site entries features and photos are licensed under a Creative Commons License.