Sunset Day One

Felucca Floating

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April 3rd 2008
03-04-08 Today started with a trip to the Nubian Museum. This was a well-planned museum (in Egypt, that is something special) that had plenty of models that explained the moving of the temples. It was pretty interesting over all. By late morning we were on the felucca and sailing north on the Nile, which is actually down stream. This was very relaxing and plenty of games were played, incl ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt

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The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more