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Sunrise Over the Holy Land  
   

Sunrise Over the Holy Land

This was the goal of my night climb up Mt. Sinai. The mountaintop was filled with people cheering and singing hymns as the sun rose.
Diving in the Land of Moses

November 2nd 2007
Eastward I went toward the edge of Africa and beyond. My route passed the town of Rosetta, famous for the stone found there that helped researchers decipher the hieroglyphics, and continued through the Nile delta. The darkness outside my window eased my desire to watch the landscape go by, so I spent most of the journey fading in and out of sleep. I woke up when we hit bumps in the road, or when ... read more
Africa » Egypt » Sinai » Dahab

Egyptian Flag 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
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