Karnak, town situated in Al-Uqṣur muḥāfaẓah (governorate), Upper Egypt, which has given its name toward the northern portion of the remnants of Thebes on the east bank of the Nile Waterway, including the remains of the Incomparable Sanctuary of Amon. Karnak and different areas of old Thebes — including Luxor, the Valley of the Lords, and the Valley...
Built north of many years by Amenhotep III, Ramses II, Tutankhamun, and different pharaohs, Luxor Temple was the biggest and most huge strict focus in old Egypt. In what was then Thebes, Luxor Temple was "the spot of the Primary Event," where the god Amon experienced resurrection during the pharaoh's every year reenacted crowning liturgy service. Today, stays...
The cruise on the Nile started around 2:00 pm. It was slow at first, but then the speed of the cruise increased as it glided on the waters of the River Nile. I had an excellent opportunity to take pictures from the open window of my room. The day was sunny, and its reflection on the blue waters...
Today was going to be a tiring day for me. I was up early as I took a flight from Cairo to Aswan. It is a one-and-a-half-hour flight to Aswan from Cairo, and as stated in my tour itinerary, I had a tour guide who picked me up from the airport. We first proceeded to the Aswan Dam,...
Suez is a seaport city in the northeast of Egypt known for the famous Suez Canal and is the capital of the Suez Governorate. Mainly a transport port, it has petroleum refineries connected by pipelines to Cairo. The Suez Crisis of 1956 occurred when the Egyptian Government took control of the Suez Canal from the French and the...
My first stop today with my guide Abdul was to see the Museum of the Golden Pharos. This event was held in Cairo, Egypt, when twenty-two ancient kings and queens' mummies were moved from the Egyptian Museum to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation. This is Egypt's way of showing their pride in their ancient civilization. It also...
The Catacomb of Kom El Shoqafa is an ancient Alexandria site considered one of the seven wonders of the Middle East. The catacombs were discovered when a donkey accidentally fell into the site in 1900; they are Egypt's largest known burial site. There is a famous story about the missing girl, Masha. In 2005, some teens from Odessa decided to...
The most exciting exploration so far has been exploring the Sphinx of Giza. The Great Sphinx of Giza is a Mythical creature with a woman's head and a lion's body. This is a limestone structure, and the Sphinx has the wings of a bird. In mythology, she challenges people who approach her with a riddle; if they fail to give...
My Guide, Abdul Latif, arrived sharp at nine in the morning, but today, he had come in a new car, a Black Toyota, where I would be driven around the streets of Egypt. The Driver, a young man called Ali, wore a black leather jacket and smart sunglasses as we prepared for a rip-roaring tour around Egypt. Our...
