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Luxor the Old Kingdom

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October 10th 2009
On Oct 7th we left Aswan floating up the Nile on a Felucca, which is sort of like a small sail boat. We spent 2 days floating up the Nile, just relaxing, eating, sleeping and having bon fires during the evening. The boats crew would sing and play drums and teach us to dance around the bon fire. The felucca ride was a very easy 2 days of travel. From the Nile we went to Luxor. My impression o ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Luxor

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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