The Great Temple at Abu Simbel

Have a look at the size of the people going in the temple to get an idea of how big this actually is. This was built for and by Ramsses the Great (well he paid for it anyway). It took 20 years to build and was completed around 1265 BC. It is considered to be the greatest and most beautiful temple in all of Egypt. The statues are 20 metres high and the whole temple 30 metres wide. It is, on all accounts, massive!

Handling the hassle, sailing the Nile and discovering an Ancient World

April 21st 2008
Well we sure got what we asked for when we woke up on our first day in Cairo....sun! Southern Morocco was nice and warm but Fes and Casa were around 15 when we were there so we really weren’t prepared for the 40 degree heat that awaited us in Egypt. We booked a 9 day tour of Egypt, deciding that of all the countries we were visiting on this trip, Egypt was the one that we’d most likely be tha ... read more

Africa » 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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