Egypt

The civilization of Ancient Egypt, fascinated by all ages, has fascinated all those who have set out to retrace the slow and majestic course of its emblematic river, the Nile. Already in the time of the Greeks and Romans, "tourists" in Egypt marveled at the traces left by a civilization that had more than two millennia of existence.

With his illustrious figures (Kheops, Ramses II, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen and the 250 or so Pharaohs, Moses and Alexander the Great, Cleopatra, Saladin, Mohammed Ali and the Mamelukes, Champollion, Ferdinand de Lesseps and his canal, Howard Carter, Nasser. ...), with its tombs and temples saved from the waters, its colossal sculptures and its columns in the form of papyrus, its crocodiles and its sarcophagi, Egypt will permanently inhabit the imagination of all those who will furrow it. But at the foot of the pyramids, beyond the marked cruises and the palaces lives an endearing people: it will be necessary to mingle with the swarm of the souks and the districts popular, to sip a tea or to smoke the shisha to the terrace of a coffee, Mosques among the most prestigious of the Arab world, to discuss with people to understand and appreciate appreciate Egypt and the Egyptians. The Bible once evoked the 10 plagues of Egypt, but the only one you will suffer will be the nostalgia of a haunting journey ... Learn more: http://www.routard.com/guide/code_dest/egypte.htm#ixzz4UimomV3Y

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