 The
Nile, forever new & old, among the living & the dead
its mighty, mystic stream has rolled.
Daughter of the Nile
Timeless child of the ever-recurring flood, Egypt is a land
apart from any other, its culture a source of endless fascination.
For 5000 years and more the river has provided the life blood,
the highway and the wealth of this Saharan jewel. Modern Egypt
is a mirror of its past, with mud-brick villages and barley
harvests unchanged since the time of the Pharaohs
 Ancient
World of the Ancient World
Egypt was already old when Greece was young. The Pyramids
and the Sphinx recount a primeval expertise at which even
the ancients marvelled. After the Pharaohs, the Hellenistic
world ruled Egypt, from Alexander to the death of Cleopatra,
last of the Hellenistic queens, followed by Rome, Byzantium,
the Umayyads, the Fatimides and Ayyubides. Egypt has it all
From Herodotus to Napoleon
Egypt has held a fascination for travellers from Herodotus
to Napoleon. Tomb paintings bring ancient Egypt vividly to
light, while the temples of Karnak and Luxor speak of an opulence
unknown elsewhere. The temples of Upper Egypt – Philae,
Kom Ombo and Edfu – reflect a Classical renewal.
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