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English summary: In the winter of 1900/01, Max (1864-1945) and Otto Meyerhof (1884-1951) took their first trip to Egypt, which led them to take the ""cure on the Nile."" On their way from Alexandria to Cairo and to the then famous spa-town of Helwan, then continue via Luxor to Aswan, where they immerse themselves deeply in the exotic nature of the Orient, which made a considerable impression on the pair. The diary records in amusing detail how came to view the land and the people, made companions, marveled at Pharaonic and other monuments and returned home greatly enriched with the experience of traveling in Egypt. German description: Im Winter 1900/01 brechen Max (1874-1945) und Otto Meyerhof (1884-1951) zu ihrer ersten Agyptenreise auf, die sie Zur Kur an den Nil fuhrt. Auf ihrem Weg von Alexandria nach Kairo und zum damals renommierten Kurort Heluan, dann weiter uber Luxor nach Assuan tauchen sie tief ein in die Exotik des Orients und sammeln Eindrucke der verschiedensten Art. Uberaus amusant beschreibt das Tagebuch, wie sie Land und Leute kennenlernen, Freundschaften schlieaen, pharaonische und andere Denkmaler bestaunen und bereichert in die Heimat zuruckkehren.

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Isolde Lehnert, M.A., born in 1958, has studied Egyptology, Near Eastern Archaeology and Ethnology in Heidelberg besides her work as a graduate librarian. Since 2003 she is the head of the Library and Archive of the German Archaeological Institute Cairo. She published several articles concerning both fields, such as the history of the library formerly in possession of the Egyptologist Ludwig Keimer (1892-1957), and his excellent collection of travel literature about Egypt and the Near East.

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