Sunrise over Mt. Sinai

Ancient Egypt

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February 28th 2009
The next day we started our Exodus tour with Ancient Egypt. Of course we had to “do” the pyramids, the sphinx and just desert in general. We also got to spend a couple of hours at the Cairo Museum. It includes artifacts going back as much as 5,000 years and many mummified remains of pharos, pharos’ wives and some other important people from thousands of years ago. From there we crossed und ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Giza

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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