Valley of the Queens
Detail from inside one of the tombs. The falcon headed deity ıs Horus, not sure on the other one.
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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 se... [read more]
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 se... [read more] Blog: Nubia, the Nile & No-Go Areas - Upper Egypt
Date: April 10th 2006
After seeing a glimpse of the lush green farmland and scattered villages of the Nile Valley on our way to the Pyramids at Dashur I was really keen to cycle up the valley. After so long riding through the desert the site of so much greenery was quite staggering. The intensity of the colours seems to be increased by lack of familiarity. Anyway, due to other plans for the next stage of our journey, ... read more
Date: April 10th 2006
After seeing a glimpse of the lush green farmland and scattered villages of the Nile Valley on our way to the Pyramids at Dashur I was really keen to cycle up the valley. After so long riding through the desert the site of so much greenery was quite staggering. The intensity of the colours seems to be increased by lack of familiarity. Anyway, due to other plans for the next stage of our journey, ... read more
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We are Erika and Robin from Scotland and in April 2005 we quit our jobs and set off to cycle from Scotland to İstanbul.
We reached İstanbul in October 2005 having discovered that cycling truly is the best way to travel and so decided to keep going beyond the Bosphorous......
We had never cycled any long distance before but had been wanting to travel for a long time and had finally saved enough and realised ıf we didn't set off now we never would. We decided cycling would be the best form of transport as we wanted to learn more about the countries and people we passed through at a s... full info
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