Travel: Land of the pharaohs
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Travel: Land of the pharaohs


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"Egypt is truly the land of the dawn of civilisation. Therefore, no amount of armchair reading or intelligent study, can truly substitute a visit to see the wonders of this ancient and glorious civilisation." Travel piece pulling out the main places that a visitor should make time to visit, from Cairo to Aswan and beyond.




- Egypt Captured By A Japanese Brush
Al Ahram Weekly (Rania Khallaf) The influence of the ancient Egyptian civilisation is far-reaching. Rania Khallaf celebrates the New Year with the Pharaohs painted by a Japanese artist On 1 January, an exhibition of oil paintings by Japanese artist Kazzu...

- Travel: Nile Cruise
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/travel/travel-news/article2353922.ece"I had never really thought of us as ideal candidates for a cruise. Apart from being about 30 years too young, the long time spent on the water, the too-brief visits to dry land and...

- Travel: Ebb And Flow Of Life On The Nile
http://www.thestar.com/Travel/article/183738A travel article by Susan Pigg that looks at the Nile cruise experience, and breaks the main sites down into digestible chunks (and is more useful than the usual travelogue): "Aswan was the source of much of...

- Travel: Visiting Cairo
http://tinyurl.com/f7utl (mirror.co.uk)A travel item describing in brief what Cairo is like, what to see in the city, where to eat, what sort of night life is available, where to shop, and (if you are based in the UK) how to get there. There are no surprises...

- How To Beat The Crowds For Tickets To King Tut
http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-g1i1u5j1u.25jul17,1,7413459.story?coll=chi-travel-hed A short piece which offers advice to people who want to visit the exhibition but don't fancy the queues and crowds.Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...



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