Valley of the Queens

Luxor/Aswan · The Importance of Death

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October 19th 2010
Salam! Izayak? Hamdulah Habibi! I have travelled southwards along the Nile of Egypt! I'm enthralled by all the amazing history that the ancient Egyptians left behind. The temples they constructed are so beautiful and it's incredible that it survived over 4000 years. It's intriguing to see how much devotion they had to their gods back then. Everything they built, they built in honor to the gods. Th ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt

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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