Where the Nile began: The perilous journey to seek the river’s source
by David Conrads
Aug 03, 2022
3 minutes
It was a geographical mystery that had befuddled explorers, astronomers, and philosophers for two millennia: Where did the Nile begin? In “River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile,” historian Candice Millard recounts the adventures of two ambitious, Victorian-era rivals who spent years trekking through East Africa, enduring unimaginable hardships, in an effort to be the first to solve the puzzle.
European fascination with Egypt and the Middle East was sparked by the discovery of
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