The BA Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center, in collaboration with the Italian Institute, Cairo holds a book launch of Along the Nile, Through the Sahara: Travels in the Land of the Pharaohs in Search of the Unknown Egypt, by Claudio Pacifico; the Italian Ambassador in Cairo. The book blends memories from his several travels in the deserts of Egypt and Northern Africa over the last 40 years, with information about the geography and the history of the various places he mentions.