As a student, I took deck passage from Greece to Alexandria, Egypt for a two week tour of the country.
A street scene in Cairo
in a Cairo neighborhood
veiled women in Cairo
along the Nile
the old water wheel
like in the drawing
water wheel in a demonstration (2005)
along the Nile at Luxor
Entrance to Karnak
Columns from the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt
tulip columns
across the
Nile in a boat to the Valley of the Kings
(the burial place of Thebes)
entrance to one of the tombs
a burial scene in the tomb
This temple on the island of Philae, was in 1957 partly underwater for parts of the year (December to May) due to the lake formed by the Aswân dam on the Nile. Since then the newer higher dam has completely submerged the island and the temple area.
old pyramid at Sakkara
pyramids at Giza
The Sphinx
The great pyramid of King Cheops.
other Countries of
Africa
North Africa
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West Africa
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East and Southern Africa
Did anyone see anything?
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Botswana |
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Kenya |
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Namibia |
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South Africa |
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Swaziland |
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Zambia |
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Zimbabwe |
