Here our guide, Heshram, explained a carving. We enjoyed his enthusiasm explaining what we are looking at. The last Egyptian temple was built by a Roman king who added the arch and a few more architectural modifications. Egypt also has been ruled by Greek kings since being conquered by Alexander the great. According to our… Read more

By far the valley of the kings tomb art is the best preserved. The pyramids at Giza were built by the earliest civilization along the Nile. As we began visiting other sites moving up the Nile, we mostly were moving forward in time. That time from 3000 BCE forward was still difficult to get our… Read more

We began a different kind of travel once we arrived in Cairo. We stepped off the plane and into a branch of the worldwide tourist industry. Tourism here in Egypt is only economically exceeded with revenue that comes from the Suez Canal. Our involvement with this tourist industry has been through a small personal company.… Read more