David Roberts Perhaps one fo the first things that drew me to Egypt was a book of the fabulous paintings/lithographs of the Scottish artist David Roberts (1796-1864). He was the first British artist to sketch the monument, and did so during a two and a half month journey along the Nile. He travelled over 800 […]

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Mummification Mummifcation is the act of embalming and wrapping a body for burial. It was practiced by the the Egyptians throughout most of their history. It was performed for everyone, although those with more money obviously got a better job, with the pharaoh receiving the most complex ritual. FOr a pharaoh, it would take 70 […]

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Oases Something like 90% of the population of Egypt lives within a few miles of the Nile. The river provides rich farmland and other resources. Most of the country is inhospitable desert, with only a few areas in the desert fit for habitation. Egypt has several major oases. Fayoum The enormous lake Qaoun is here, […]

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Pyramid History While pyramids exist all over the world, the spectular monuments in Egypt capture the imagination and represent the whole of Egyptian history. Pyarmids evolved throughout the course of Egyptian history from small mound-like mastabas that morphs into the stepped pyramid in the third Dynasty adn then to various forms of the true pyarmid […]

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UNESCO UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. It was involved in the moving and restoration of many temples in Egypt after the building of the Aswan High Dam. The dam created Lake Nassar, which would flood many miles of the Nile south of Aswan and in the process, bury forever many […]

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