Sakkara (Zakara) Step Pyramids

After we toured Abu Simbel, we took a plane from Aswan back to Cairo. We spent two more days touring Cairo! One of the days, we visited the Step Pyramids, about a 40 minute drive outside of the city. These are the oldest pyramids in Egypt. Much smaller than the famous Giza pyramids, but much older.

When Can We Get Back to Egypt? Part 2

August 8th 2007
Greetings friends! This is "Part 2" of our travel blog. Go back to "Part 1" to read about the start of our trip and our time in Cairo! Nile Cruise When we first arrived in Luxor, we brought all our bags to our Nile cruise boat! We slept on the boat for the 2 days we were in port at Luxor. The boats are 3 and 4 stories tall with about 40-50 rooms. Our room was just like a typical hotel ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt

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

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