A Day of Temples and Cruising the Nile 10. Cruising the Nile #10

A Day of Temples and Cruising the Nile

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June 15th 2010
Today is a great day, we spend much of the day cruising and then stop to see places on the way. KOM OMBO After breakfast we go to Kom Ombo Temple. The temple again is enormous and there are so many tourists, I would hate to see these places in the high season. It’s the low season now because of the heat. But Salem explains the history of the building, the people that used it and how it a ... 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