Fall Asleep as a River Pilot Guiding Barges Along the Nile in Ancient Egypt

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Drift along the ancient Nile and experience a day in the life of an Egyptian river pilot, guiding heavily loaded barges through shifting currents, shallow channels, busy landing places, and stretches of reeds alive with birds.

You will carry grain and stone between settlements, watch sails move across the water, navigate around sandbars, and follow the dependable rhythm of the Nile’s annual flood. Life on the river is peaceful, practical, and occasionally complicated by the fact that th...