Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. The Eastern Desert -- I. The Hills of Smoke, Gebel Dokhan -- II. Mons Claudianus -- III. The Quarry Roads to the Nile -- IV. Ports on the Red Sea Coast -- V. Desert Trade Routes -- Part Two. The Upper Nile Valley -- VI. The Gateway to Africa: Aswan, Elephantine, and Philae -- VII. Roman Nubia -- Part Three. The Western Desert -- Overview of the Western Desert -- VIII. The Great Oasis -- IX. The Small Oasis -- X. Siwa Oasis -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.