Cruising on the Nile

Cruising the Nile on a Saturday afternoon

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April 19th 2008
Akmed, our driver for the day, took us to Rosetta for a cruise on the Nile. Fort Qait Bay, the original location where the Rosetta Stone was found, is located on the banks of the Nile amongst a forest of brick factory-chimneys. Red bricks seems to have been the building material of choice for centuries and still is today. To visit the fort, Akmed had to navigate through narrow dirt lanes with mor ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Mediterranean » Alexandria

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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