Oldest Step pyramid

Eternal Nile

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August 8th 2008
SECRETS OF THE NILE - Trip with Grand Circle Travel May 31 to June 14,2008 This blog was written by my friend and co-traveller Joan who was the scribe for our Egypt adventure. There are a lot of pictures not here, but as soon as I learn how to do captions, they will be on Picasa online and I'll send links to anyone interested. They are not in order with the text as I don't know how to do this. ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Abu Simbel

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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